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However, the finding does not lessen the well-established dangers of tobacco use.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tens of thousands of customers in Los Angeles county alone were without power, as authorities de-energized power lines in a bid to lessen the possibility of electrical sparks that the heavy wind gusts could carry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The news was expected, but that doesn’t lessen Latif’s sorrow — or the anger of those in his life who felt he should have been around more before her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

That’s why artificial intelligence doesn’t lessen the value of my education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

To try to lessen these effects, the chart office would often “pencil in” a resource officer to the post of a senior officer who was sick or on vacation.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Further spikes of heat are likely, however as August wears on and the sun gradually loses some of its intensity, the likelihood of extreme temperatures in the high 30s lessens.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

This actuarial approach lessens the chance you’ll run out of money, and it lets good market returns flow through to higher spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

As Microsoft’s control over OpenAI lessens, OpenAI has been strengthening its relationship with Amazon.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

It creates multiple pathways for energy to move through the system, reduces wasted power, and lessens the strain on the resonator.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

As I laugh with them, the churning inside me lessens.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

These storms have helped to increase the amount of moisture in plants and soils and to alleviate drought conditions, a cumulative effect that has also lessened fire risk, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In these animals, DT-109 reduced liver inflammation and lessened the severity of MASH.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The need for debt could be lessened as these firms start to generate more cash flow from their nascent artificial-intelligence businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

From a product standpoint, PayPal has pushed passkey verification, which it said has lessened friction customers experience at checkout.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And ever since that day the race of Númenor has decayed, and the span of their years has lessened.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

McKinney has focused his campaign on lessening the city’s homelessness crisis by leveraging people into treatment, tackling quality-of-life crimes, and reducing the city’s out-of-control legal costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

When popular teams play on Sunday afternoon, they are more likely to land in the late-afternoon window, where games often receive broad national distribution, lessening the need for the service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Yes, it’s too high, he says, but he suggests that his housing plan will deploy a trickle-down approach that starts with lessening landlords’ risks and costs and thus encourages them to build more.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

It called for individual states to implement their own arrangements to accommodate for heatwaves and travel disruption while lessening the impact on the economy.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

We made our way around the edge of the meadow, keeping low, and saw, with the lessening of the rain, men moving about up at the house.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson