Jack Kilby

It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.

American Scientist

Yusuf Hamied

Reducing the price of AIDS drugs gave me so much satisfaction that I've been thinking what else I could do. One day, I thought, 'Let's look at cancer and see how we can spare cancer patients' unnecessary suffering.

Indian Scientist

Christian Bale

I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.

Welsh Actor

Eric Greitens

When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

American Politician

Angela Merkel

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.

German Statesman

Ian Hacking

It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.

Canadian Philosopher

Ivan Krastev

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

Public Servant

Jawaharlal Nehru

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

Indian Leader

Dave Reichert

I came to Congress to help reduce spending.

Nana Patekar

Indian Actor

Used when talking about decreasing the physical size, amount, or number of tangible items.

Physical reduction

Emphasizes a gradual decrease in quantity or intensity over a period of time.

Quantity over time

Reduce means to lessen, not completely eliminate something.

Not elimination

Refers to taking something complex and making it easier to understand.

Complex to simple

Involves identifying and concentrating on the most important elements of something.

Focus on core

Describes the process of changing substances into different or simpler forms.

Chemical transformation

Common in cooking to describe concentrating flavors by cooking down liquid.

Cooking context

Often used in business or politics to express loss of power, influence or authority.

Power dynamics

Suggests a subtle or less obvious diminution, not necessarily immediate or direct.

Subtle change

Can indicate making someone feel lesser in value or importance, often in a hurtful way.

Emotional effect

Used to express how someone's status or reputation is perceived as lowered by others.

Social perception

 interacting with each other in a beautiful way, and that that can happen more efficiently at a small scale. So, just as on Earth, clunky stereo systems have shrunk to beautiful, tiny iPods, maybe intelligent life itself, in order to reduce its footprint on the environment, has turned itself microscopic.

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 Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help. For example, research shows that asking someone about suicidal thoughts actually reduces their suicide risk.

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 When bacteria digest fiber, they produce short chain fatty acids that nourish the gut barrier, improve immune function, and can help prevent inflammation, which reduces the risk of cancer. And the more fiber you ingest, the more fiber-digesting bacteria colonize your gut.

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 So how do we prevent these uncomfortable and potentially fatal attacks in people who have asthma? One way is to reduce the presence of triggers. Unfortunately, the world is an unpredictable place and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled.

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 beyond just being ready for the epidemic. The primary healthcare, the R&D, those things would reduce global health equity and make the world more just as well as more safe. So I think this should absolutely be a priority. There's no need to panic.

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 learned about global warming many organizations advocate cutting greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the impact of global warming consumers can help by saving energy around the house switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and driving

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 are life long. Luckily they're reducing a lot. We've met quite a few of them. Are there any primates here that, you know, you try to stay away from as much as possible that have maybe issues that are strong, worse than the others?

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 All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.

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 and potentially reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. No matter what, getting the right amount of liquid makes a world of difference in how you'll feel, think, and function day to day.

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 increased value of the crop and the water savings other benefits of hydrogel include it helps reduce topsoil erosion and it allows farmers to use less fertilizer so what's next for the