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Poor sleep may reduce the brain's ability to clear waste, which could contribute to further damage and even more sleep disruption.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Coffee contains other substances that seem to be beneficial for health, too, the statement’s authors wrote, including polyphenols that may act as antioxidants and reduce inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Warshawsky’s analysis finds that a $2 million threshold would reduce program costs by about 13.6%, while a gradual phase-out would save 11.8%, neither of which would fully close the projected financing gap.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Trump administration says the strikes have helped reduce the flow of drugs crossing the border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

There was talk now among the directors of seeking a $10 million appropriation from Congress, but the only immediate solution was to reduce expenditures.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Experts I talked to explained that such decline is the economic result of consolidation, which reduces competition and therefore removes incentives for movie studios to take creative risks.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

There also is the issue of whether telematics actually reduces accidents and deaths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Depending on whether the increase is borne by employees or employers, it reduces household income and/or increases production costs, with negative effects on consumption, investment, and/or competitiveness,” the report warns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Fed officials might be willing to wait, however, to see if the Mideast conflict dies down and reduces the pressure on energy prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

It distances the entire thing, reduces it to a farce or prank, in which I have no involvement aside from mockery.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Fear that Social Security benefits might be reduced is not, by itself, an empirical reason to claim benefits early, although it is certainly a valid theory.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

For their part, United are sticking to their refusal to renegotiate a deal with Barcelona on reduced terms or consider a second loan to the Catalan giants.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

But as pressure mounted on schools to improve test performance in the 2000s, many reduced or eliminated recess in favor of more instructional time in subjects such as reading and math.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The U.S. and Iran were party to a deal that reduced Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

It had launched programs for women’s literacy and for the prevention of AIDS, and reduced the rate of HIV transmission from mothers to babies to 4 percent—about half the current rate in the United States.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Your unpredictable income could create lower-tax years to release IRA funds, reducing your required minimum distributions without triggering a massive tax bill.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

In addition to the widespread downturn in demand for luxury goods, Burberry has also launched its own turnaround plan with the aim of reviving sales and reducing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Although most approved treatments have focused on reducing amyloid-beta, they have delivered only limited, though measurable, clinical benefits.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, a northerly wind will continue to draw in more North Sea cloud across northern Scotland and towards eastern coasts, reducing viewing chances.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Even therapeutic measures have the important result not only of curing the patient but of reducing the foci of infection.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson