reduce
verb (used with object)
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc..
was reducing
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past progressiveof reduce.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One investor was told by a fund executive that it was reducing its risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“It feels bubblish,” he said, adding that the firm was reducing its exposure to the memory space for actively managed funds.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The most effective measure was reducing the amount of "unnecessary" plastic created in the first place, Deeney said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
AFP reported Airbus as saying the number of planes that needed to be checked was "reducing day by day as inspections progress to identify those needing a specific action to be taken".
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
While Joseph II. was reducing Febronianism to practice in the Austrian territories, the Prince-bishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne hastened to show their anxiety for the suppression of ultramontanism in the Rhinelands.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by James MacCaffrey
