reduction

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The program is one of several reasons why Los Angeles County officials reported a double-digit reduction in the homeless mortality rate in 2024, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

This level of reduction is considered large enough to lower the risk of cardiovascular events.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Blend for body A partial purée — just enough to thicken—gives you richness without the need for long reduction.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s a roughly 20-times reduction from earlier estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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