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lightening

[lahyt-n-ing] / ˈlaɪt n ɪŋ /






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The data, from the workforce analytics and productivity-tracking software company ActivTrak, found that AI is making workloads more intense, not lightening them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“If you think you’ve weathered the storm, we’re probably not through it all. If you can’t handle it, consider lightening up your positions,” he added.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Gupta, Smyth and Armlovich have all publicly opposed a rent freeze, unless some other action is taken to ease landlord expenses like lightening property taxes or insurance costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

The cause of the blaze remains unknown, though lightening has been ruled out.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The victorious procession marched on toward the open ground, and after a while Harry could tell, by the lightening of the darkness through his closed eyelids, that the trees were beginning to thin.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling