MINIFIES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

minifies

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present tense third-person singular of minify

as in reduces

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This eliminates manual handoffs, reduces errors and ensures cash flow is tracked from the first quote, not after the fact.

— Ashish Srimal, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Swapping every other drink for a non-alcoholic option reduces total consumption and creates longer gaps between servings.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

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An autonomous vertical sail uses suction technology to draw air over this shape, creating propulsive thrust that decreases the mechanical burden on the vessel’s primary engines.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Perhaps seawater’s viscosity — which decreases as temperature increases, making the water thinner —affects ciliary movements, Shapiro said.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

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The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025

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Johnson views the phrase as symbolic of a broader cultural problem, arguing that celebrating a reputation built on violence diminishes the hundreds of lives lost over the years.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
But those behavior answers are rooted in action, and that diminishes the power of hope as a spiritual idea.

— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of diminishes

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Its title abbreviates the spring/summer 2026 season, dropping the album directly into the fashion calendar.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
That’s a tactic city financers used on several other bond projects as well, said Molly Scarbrough, a deputy program manager for the Denver GO Bond Program, which abbreviates general obligation bond.

— Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025

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