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When companies buy back stock, they reduce the number of shares outstanding; that, in turn, helps boost earnings per share.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

More immediately, India could focus on targeting higher exports to China in specific sectors to reduce its trade asymmetry, says Li.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Eliminating the subsidy will reduce this market distortion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I hadn’t rebalanced in years and I wanted to reduce some of that risk, diversify our holdings and start preparing for some worst-case scenarios.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

To reduce the danger of health effects that might appear later, they opted for older volunteers.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"The net effect is broadly supportive of risk assets and materially reduces the probability of an October rate hike."

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

This reduces utilization and funding risk, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

This reduces the loan size as well as the monthly payment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Well. I think it could happen. Certainly it hasn’t happened yet. I’m not worried. More likely it would be a virus that reduces us by some per-=fr® centage. By thirty percent. By ninety percent.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The WRC season was reduced to 13 rounds when the Saudi Arabia event, originally planned for next month, was cancelled because of the ongoing unrest in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

But as the Fed tightened, it reduced its portfolio of mortgage-backed securities, causing rates to drift up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The agency reduced service earlier this year and has proposed more cuts in recent board meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

"It's no longer frequent in the catch. And the sizes of the fish has been reduced as well."

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

I've never known our father to buy anything not marked reduced for quick sale.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The long term solution to both reducing avoidable imports and improving exports performance will be to strengthen manufacturing, says Srivastava.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

However, reducing ImP through diet alone may not be straightforward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

But if Thompson remains, its likely he we will have the task of reducing costs, as the traditional TV audience that provides the bulk of revenues for both CNN and CBS News continues to shrink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The economy also appears to have sped up, further reducing the need to resort to layoffs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Stephens described his realization that he could no longer take the punishment of reducing as “the biggest disappointment of my life.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand