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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

The analysts expect strong travel demand and resilient ticket pricing, particularly on long-haul and premium routes, to support earnings, even as lower fuel costs lessen the need for fare increases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Instead, the government appears to be relying on testimony from multiple convicted felons who have admitted their own involvement and may have substantial incentives to shift blame in an effort to lessen their sentences.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Mike’s scowl didn’t lessen, but he raised his fist in salute.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Incumbents that increasingly use AI as part of their core processes, like Microsoft and Alphabet, will lose monopoly power as it lessens the degree to which they are differentiated.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 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

While it lessens the amount the borrower has to pay today, it pushes potential problems down the road and delays the timing of the interest payments the BDC had expected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Global demand for travel is fairly strong going into the new year, she notes, and that lessens the need to offer deals.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

I press against my earmuffs until the noise lessens, twenty steps later.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Neither is perfect—no earthly creation is—and each is lessened by its complicity with the institution of slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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

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

From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026

The sound lessened, and once more the rope was lowered.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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

What matters now is whether oil comes down and stays there, taking the pressure off inflation and lessening the need for interest-rate hikes, said Privorotsky.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

Two months after the anniversary of the devastating Southern California firestorms, several legislators at the state Capitol unveiled a package of bills aimed at preventing wildfires and lessening their harms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Those adjustments were intended to cushion the labor market, lessening how aggressively the Fed’s stance is leaning against elevated inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

The five men piled into the Chevy and drove off into the lessening light.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison