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Habituation -- adaptation's less-glamorous sibling -- involves the lessening response to a stimulus after repeated exposure.

Using Extension services to connect the women to lessen their feelings of isolation could also improve quality of life among this population.

She said she hoped bringing stories which had been secret for so long onto a public stage would help to lessen stigma.

Fierce Santa Ana winds were expected to ease somewhat Friday, lessening the chance of the fire spreading farther.

Mr Roulstone expects that at some point options for redeployment will lessen and there will job losses.