lessen
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A slower infrastructure race could reduce pressure on their cash flows and lessen the need to keep adding capacity as quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
And Mr. Knight is also superb as James tries to muffle his own fears the better to lessen his wife’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
Vallejo said the four-day summer camp held in September in the San Bernardino Mountains is part of the effort to lessen those risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
He’d rinsed out his clothes earlier to lessen their scent and hung them from a tree to dry.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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Maybe it lessens the phantom pain of not having that piece of himself on his shoulder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
As Microsoft’s control over OpenAI lessens, OpenAI has been strengthening its relationship with Amazon.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 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
“You need an antidote. He pressed something into your skin. It lessens your judgment. He’s a wizard. Did you agree to anything?”
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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The need for debt could be lessened as these firms start to generate more cash flow from their nascent artificial-intelligence businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
From a product standpoint, PayPal has pushed passkey verification, which it said has lessened friction customers experience at checkout.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ultimately, if England are able to control the tempo of the game, dominating the ball for large parts, they will be hoping that the time they spend close to their own goal will be lessened.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The issue, Travers said, has been lessened and “certain areas things are getting a little bit cleaned up. And I’m assuming that she’s, you know, part of that whole thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Once inside their home, the awkwardness gradually lessened.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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Anderson cited Saavedra’s “prompt and extensive cooperation” as a factor in lessening the sentence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
When popular teams play on Sunday afternoon, they are more likely to land in the late-afternoon window, where games often receive broad national distribution, lessening the need for the service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
But that’s also another aspect the proposed rule is addressing, he said: lessening the scope for litigation so that plans of all sizes might be more likely to incorporate these other investment choices.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
The five men piled into the Chevy and drove off into the lessening light.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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