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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

Labor markets were soft, with more employers reporting they were reducing head counts through layoffs and attrition.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025

Engineers working on the tunnel said water levels were reducing.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

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

Everybody fell to complaining that the taxes levied for the support of the army, the navy, and the rest of the imperial establishment were intolerably burdensome, and were reducing the nation to beggary.

From Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories by Twain, Mark