reduces
- present tense form of reduce (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Click said the group was advocating for legislation that reduces wildfire risk, expands access to affordable property insurance and ensures quick compensation to victims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
This reduces the usual cooling effect of the sea and can help to hold temperatures up over land, especially at night.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
That reduces your available credit, which raises your credit-utilization ratio, and that temporarily lowers your score.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Worst, perhaps, in the long run, the exuberant spread of the Green Revolution has pushed many traditional cultivars toward extinction, which in turn reduces the genetic diversity of crops.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
