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47 examples of Lessened in a sentence

And we also would be well informed to reach out to the people who do that work and get their expertise on how do we think about, how do we create systems around sustainability that perhaps take us from curbside recycling, which is a remarkable success across 40 years, across the United States and countries around the world, and lift us up to a broader horizon where we're looking at other forms of waste that could be lessened from manufacturing and industrial sources.
The time that he spent in the pool with our aquatic therapist lessened the seizures he was experiencing and helped him to sleep at night.
Mr. Sheets amped up the language and lessened the violence.
There are so many dialogues impossible to translate, so many situations directly related either to the comic books or to the French way of life, that the fun might be lessened.
Her burdens are increased rather than lessened with the arrival of a pair of rich Americans, and the romance that ensues.
It's a nifty little piece that is a good accessory to see as a Cronenberg fan- the big pyshcological dramatic points are lessened for the sake of an intro to a film festival.
Although some abuses could have been lessened, the main reason for failure was that reform of the state did not keep pace with economic reforms.
In the future, however, this vulnerability will be lessened by the Chinese renminbi’s inclusion in the basket of reserve currencies that the International Monetary Fund uses to set the value of its Special Drawing Right (SDR), says Yu Yongding, Director of Global Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Science.
Xi’s self-confidence reflected not only the Chinese leadership’s contempt for Putin’s mismanagement of the Russian economy, but also the fact that China’s energy worries have lessened considerably of late.
When Spain and Portugal joined the EU two decades ago, emigration to existing member states was lessened by the fact that many immigrants had arrived from these countries during Europe's go-go 1960s.
If the base of comparison is the eve of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis (which later spread as far as Moscow and Buenos Aires), it is clear that, in most countries, vulnerabilities have lessened.
So the Saudi dilemma has been heightened, not lessened, by its changed stance on Iraq.
This protected investors from a general sell-off of the carry trade and lessened their exposure to idiosyncratic risks.
“The science of politics...like most other sciences,” claimed Alexander Hamilton, “has received great improvement....The regular distribution of power into distinct departments...legislative balances and checks...judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election...are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided...”Perhaps Hamilton was too much the optimist.
Now that we have seen the footage of the tsunami that hit Japan, the demands on our imagination have been lessened – except that we have to imagine away the sea walls that Japan had built to reduce the impact of the tsunami.
Monetary policy has been prudent, and the threat of inflation has now been lessened by the decline in commodity and oil prices.
Clearly, nothing could have spared New Orleans completely from Katrina’s impact, but the devastation could certainly have been lessened.
A second example: it has been known since antiquity that normal people who recently experienced a significant loss – especially of a loved one – can have the same symptoms (e.g., sadness, insomnia, fatigue, loss of interest in usual activities, lessened appetite) as those indicating major depressive disorder.
For example, if you are sad for two weeks and have one other related symptom, such as fatigue, insomnia, or lessened appetite, and you are distressed or impaired at work or in other roles, then you have “subsyndromal depression.”
These, he wrote, “are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided.”
Norway’s traditional hostility to EU membership has lessened, say pollsters, since the euro’s appearance in shops; and the UK government has hardened its commitment to evaluate Britain’s potential membership by mid-2003.
In any event, hardships suffered by EU citizens could be lessened if the eurozone followed Draghi’s final prescription – providing more fiscal and monetary stimulus in some areas to offset reform and fiscal consolidation in others.
Because of this, the price competitiveness of their exports may be lessened.
During this period, differences in schooling levels between boys and girls have lessened everywhere – though at different speeds.
Is one’s appreciation of Wagner’s music lessened because he was anti-Semitic?
The growth of professionalism, and the spread of peaceful commerce and manufacturing, lessened the need for heroic or courageous acts.
There is hope of a global growth pickup, trade tensions have lessened, and central banks have reaffirmed that that they will maintain ultra-low interest rates and continue to provide ample liquidity.
Formerly (it had been so almost from childhood and increasingly so till his complete maturity) when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity, for Russia, for the whole village, he had noticed that the thoughts of it were agreeable, but the activity itself was always unsatisfactory; there was no full assurance that the work was really necessary, and the activity itself, which at first seemed so great, ever lessened and lessened till it vanished.
In spite of the man whom she had had, this lessened her, placed her among the urchins.
In fact, these women, rushing at once into his thoughts, cramped each other and lessened, as reduced to a uniform level of love that equalised them all.