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less

[les] / lɛs /




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Fresh surveys of consumers have found more higher-income Americans are starting to feel the pressure of a weaker labor market, which will likely lead to less spending and weaken the economy.

From MarketWatch

Capital requirements might loosen for some of the biggest banks, and Citigroup has helped itself in that regard by making itself less globally complex.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I never really thought when I was cutting tobacco in Augusta, Ky., that I would meet Paul, much less become friends with him,” Clooney says.

From Los Angeles Times

But, with retreating sea ice, there is less under-ice algae to feed the amphipods that in turn feed the whales.

From Los Angeles Times

About 83 percent of women officials — up from 71 percent in the previous quarter — said they were less likely to engage in political or civic activity due to insults, harassment and physical threats.

From Salon