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With Anthropic planning an IPO as soon as September and OpenAI expected to follow next year, the need for credit backstops on their chip buys should lessen over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Gas allows SpaceX to move quickly, and success could lessen its need for ground infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, designed to lessen its dependency on declining cable TV revenue, is still in its nascent stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

To some, the government’s crackdown did not seem imminent so they did not take the precautions necessary to lessen its effect.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“That really lessens our risk. You can rebuild savings accounts.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

This actuarial approach lessens the chance you’ll run out of money, and it lets good market returns flow through to higher spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

But the problem is that there are good safety reasons for allowing the 350kw super-clip, as it lessens the need for another energy-harvesting strategy known as lift and coast.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

"Our study suggests that living near a NPP may carry a measurable cancer risk -- one that lessens with distance," said senior author Petros Koutrakis, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026

As I laugh with them, the churning inside me lessens.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

It lessened his allegiance to the free-market economic system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The tech giants, which introduced consumer-friendly streaming options, have lessened the influence of traditional companies such as Paramount and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

In both cases, arginine treatment reduced the accumulation of Aβ and lessened its harmful effects.

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

Huge improvements in energy efficiency have also lessened the role of oil in the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

The steam from the grass rose to our soles, and it gradually lessened the pain.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Shares of banks, airlines, retailers and other industries that had struggled since February have started breaking higher, lessening the market’s dependence on hot tech stocks and catching the attention of chart-watching technical strategists.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Yes, it’s too high, he says, but he suggests that his housing plan will deploy a trickle-down approach that starts with lessening landlords’ risks and costs and thus encourages them to build more.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

It is one way of lessening that stressful situation of putting out a game, especially for a smaller studio with fewer people to test it.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

But Kail’s fleet maneuvers keep the production from bogging down without lessening the emotional combustion that is the source of the playwright’s lasting genius.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Warmth spread from that point throughout his body, calming him, lessening the pain.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner