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reduction

[ri-duhk-shuhn] / rɪˈdʌk ʃən /


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The agency warned that “deliberate demand reduction efforts will rapidly be required.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

The firm won a bid to manage peak-load reduction at the San Diego International Airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The reduction of plastics is presented as an intervention for the outcomes of “conception and live birth.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The average price reduction was 5%, down from the 6% figure in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The AEC chairman could not imagine how a bifurcated weapons program would operate or how the reduction in responsibility for the Super would affect morale on the New Mexico mesa.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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