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reduction

[ri-duhk-shuhn] / rɪˈdʌk ʃən /


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The estimated tuition reduction announced by Iowa’s Coe College, bringing its price down to $31,850 starting next fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"This is primarily due to changes in the make-up of the men's first team squad, combined with savings associated with headcount reduction programs implemented over the previous two fiscal years," said the club.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The CBO’s projected cuts are deeper than the 22% benefit reduction forecast by the Social Security Trustees in June.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

"We observed a significant reduction of tumor growth in animal models with no major weight loss or other signs of toxicity."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

That is what makes this aging-of-the-population theory of crime reduction so appealingly tidy: since people mellow out as they get older, more older people must lead to less crime.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

The other three groups, however, all showed reductions in the estimated biological age of their biomarker profiles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026

The all-island scheme started in Port Erin in 2025 after Tynwald unanimously voted in 2020 to support speed reductions in urban areas.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Bloomberg said the two sides were looking at reductions on some goods including US energy and agricultural products, suggesting they will extend a one-year truce agreed in 2025 following Trump's global tariff blitz.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Gov. Jerry Brown oversaw massive reductions in California’s prison population in the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

“There are no discounts for youth or winsome faces—and no sympathy reductions for badly cut fringes.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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