reduce
verb (used with object)
to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc..
were 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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In a recent Jefferies survey of 30 chief information officers, none of them said they were reducing cybersecurity spending due to the reallocation of budgets toward AI.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
"If they were reducing their salaries to add up to our cocoa prices, that would have been brilliant," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Labor markets were soft, with more employers reporting they were reducing head counts through layoffs and attrition.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
His top goals, he said, were reducing crime, addressing homelessness and restoring the public’s trust in the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
And our hotel expenses at Ostend were reducing its term to a problematic three days.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
