lessening
Example Sentences
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When it comes to our kids, our quest for optimization is not so much lessening anxiety as feeding it.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
A source close to PIF said the move should not be seen as a sign of any lessening in interest in sports investments.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Ellen Swallow Richards is known as the founder of home economics, which to her meant bringing scientific principles to domestic life, lessening household labor and improving public health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
I’d been expecting this, though I’d tried to make my message as unalarming as possible without lessening the urgency of it.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
