reduce
verb (used with object)
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc..
is reducing
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present progressiveof reduce (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A warming climate is reducing their habitat and it is predicted they'll have to eventually move further north to maintain proximity to cold water.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The data-security company said one of its biggest customers, a leading AI company, is reducing usage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The number of flights - predominantly to El Paso, Texas - is reducing monthly.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The most durable form of energy security is reducing exposure to these risks altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It is a very simple means of freeing theodicea from every shade of anthropomorphism; it is reducing God to an abstraction, to the abstraction of being in itself.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
