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Earlier this year, the utilities’ stock prices began to rise as executives told investors that Newsom was working on legislation to reduce the companies’ financial risks from fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The company said it would now seek to reduce overcapacity, adjust development capacity, lower personnel costs and reduce organizational complexity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
After returning from a two-week autumn break, some students resumed their protest campaign Monday, calling on the authorities to renovate dilapidated schools, reduce class sizes and create more university places.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
In the new study, KCL-286 helped repair breaks in DNA and reduce inflammation in mice with Alzheimer's-like disease.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Hill jumped on every chance to bend the ear of the industrialists, explaining why promotion of blacks to foremen would reduce conflict and increase efficiency.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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It "reduces the possibility of resolving issues through dialogue and warns that North Korea will respond with 'a new level of countermeasures' as the United States increases its pressure," he added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Over time, this mechanism reduces the number of LDL receptors, making it harder for the body to keep blood cholesterol under control.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
In Thursday’s Macro Voices podcast, he noted that if AI displaces workers and reduces their earning power, then the outstanding debt still needs to be serviced.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
"A listed Jio must answer to minority shareholders… which structurally reduces its incentive to keep pricing suppressed."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Since the reactor is continually producing radiation, shortening their time near it reduces the amount of radiation workers are likely to absorb.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The plans would see inpatient beds reduced from 146 to either 90 or 60 in Powys, with services concentrated in just two or three of the county's eight community hospitals.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“The real threats from AI products today include cybersecurity, fraud and reduced productivity,” McNamee observed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
“I would distinguish greater discipline from reduced commitment,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"In the face of vulnerability, the state's response must not be reduced to a mathematical equation," it said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Monroe County officials had reduced Myers's and Kelly's sentences in exchange for Myers's testimony against Walter.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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A separate NHS trial of a test called Galleri recently failed to meet its main goal of reducing diagnoses of late-stage cancers, although researchers are still assessing its potential benefits.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
It also denied allegations of holding back or reducing payments to the three children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The company has taken steps to expand global production capacity, making AI infrastructure faster to deploy and reducing downtime.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The company is reducing costs, helped by investment in technology, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
I'll be reducing hydrazine and burning hydrogen in the Hab, every ten hours, for another ten days.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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