How to Use reduction in a Sentence

reduction

noun
  • Many voters want to see some reduction of the deficit.
  • There is a 20 percent reduction on selected items during this sale.
  • The amount of the reduction is two-thirds of your pension.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This is likely due, in part, to a reduction of parental stress.
    — Jackie Mader, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The May 28 speech came and went without a word about debt reduction.
    — Andrew Restuccia, WSJ, 18 June 2022
  • Here's a look at some of the largest reductions since Mr. Trump took office.
    — John Kelly, Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Semaglutide in the lower dose was able to give a reduction in body weight of 7.2%.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Add it all up and BNB is good for reductions of just over $1 billion a year.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 June 2023
  • The drug company selling the statin drug claims that a reduction from 3% to 2% is a 33% drop.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 May 2022
  • Markets expect two cuts by the end of the year, though the odds for a third reduction have risen in recent days.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The staff reductions are the first step in shutting down the 46-year-old agency, McMahon has said.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The reductions vary by item, but are up to 15%, according to the baseball club.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In medicine, the term syncope refers to a loss of consciousness brought upon by a reduction of blood flow to the brain.
    — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The reductions are part of a new wave of federal layoffs about to hit.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Apple's price reductions have done a lot of the heavy lifting in earning the 15-inch Air its 4-star score here.
    — PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In some cases, the actual job reductions could take place in the next few weeks or months.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The site highlights his views on school choice, state finances and crime reduction.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
  • At six months, those who received the drug saw a 21% greater reduction in LDL cholesterol – the bad kind – than those who got the placebo.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The reduction was initially planned to last only until the end of this month.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 13 July 2023
  • Most cited cost reduction as the reason for the layoffs.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In the case of fraud cases, the guidelines call for knocking off up to three points for a guilty plea, which translates to a reduction of a few years.
    — Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Proton earned fifth place in our download tests, with a speed reduction of 2.8%.
    — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • And even after the reduction in classes, Gutierrez said the center would still have a deficit.
    — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Texas was still among the highest even though the Rangers had to take a 2024 reduction along with Cleveland and Minnesota.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Would the reduction in ALAN be worth the tradeoffs of employing such a feature?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Frye, who was just three years older than I, had gotten a breast reduction, going from a 38DD chest to a 36C.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2022
  • Will would also like to see a reduction in the majesty that is government on the state and local level.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • While traders expect rate cuts later in the year, Powell said a reduction isn’t something the Fed wants to do soon.
    — Craig Torres, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The franchise fee was introduced under Hernandez to help offset the financial strain caused by a prior reduction in the tax rate.
    — Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The outlet reported that there is a proposal to push textile items into the 5 percent tax bucket—a 7 percent reduction from the current rate.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Aug. 2025

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