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Synonyms for lessening
less·en·ing
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lesseningnoun
Synonyms:
diminution, decrement, decrease, reduction, abatement
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lesseningnoun
Synonyms:
reduction, diminution, decrease, decrement, depreciation, mitigation, shrinkage, abatement
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List of paraphrases for "lessening":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2036 | reduce | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2750 | reduction | |
#4576 | reducing | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#9036 | cliff | |
#17781 | slack | |
#25429 | mitigating | |
#28323 | slump | |
#51614 | decrement | |
#53466 | diminution | |
#53539 | lessening | |
#155999 | falloff |
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Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara:
There are concerns about lessening the impact of the British referendum on Japan's small- and medium-sized companies, taking steps to provide liquidity to small firms could be a big factor in economic stimulus steps that we compile.
Financially and commercially, the The UAE benefits the most from lessening regional tensions, even during the worst of political tensions between the two countries, trade was uninterrupted. It went down, but never stopped.
Thanks to more flexible working patterns, many office-based staff may have had the option to work from home yesterday, lessening the impact on their employer, however, it stands to reason that the service industries, restaurants, cafes, event spaces in particular, and those that rely on foot traffic, like retail, will have been hardest hit as they faced a city with fewer workers and most likely a significant drop in trade.
We are planning and preparing for the rollout of pediatric vaccines. Of course, there's a lot of work to be done to look at uptake of The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Some of the polls and surveys that have gone out to the public have indicated an ongoing lessening of parents considering giving their children these vaccines over time.
When we were thinking about this topic, we were kind of just reflecting on the fact that we have more tobacco products on the market now than ever, and we've seen cigarette smoking decline among young people, but we've seen increase in use of these other tobacco products. At the same time, we've also seen in many areas of the country a lessening of the restrictions surrounding marijuana use.
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