REDUCTION in a Sentence

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They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.

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 Meanings and Examples of REDUCTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reduction
 n.  any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
 n.  the act of decreasing or reducing something
Classic Sentence:
1  The monastic regime, good at the beginning of civilization, useful in the reduction of the brutal by the spiritual, is bad when peoples have reached their manhood.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
2  He felt under his feet a formidable disaggregation, which was not, nevertheless, a reduction to dust, France being more France than ever.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
3  The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, that is love.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE
4  It examines, it scrutinizes, it analyzes; then it puts together once more, it proceeds by means of reduction, discarding all hatred.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
5  In these cases, therefore, we see religion, wisely used, assist in the reduction of this city, and in restoring the tribuneship to the nobles; neither of which ends could well have been effected without it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
6  debate on the reduction of armaments seemed to show a most.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...
7  He cheerfully acquiesced in this, and I gave him the same time as before for reduction.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  A reduction in corporate tax should act as a stimulus to economic activity.
2  They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.
3  The reduction in white blood cell counts lowers resistance to disease.
4  The camera incorporates a redeye reduction facility.
5  A small percentage reduction in the cost of materials would mean a significant increase in profit.
6  An interest rate reduction is needed to get more money flowing and create jobs.
7  The reduction of crime levels is the centrepiece of the president's domestic policies.
8  The changes may result in a greater reduction in employee numbers than we had previously expected.
9  The increase in indirect taxation is intended to neutralise the reduction in income tax.
10  Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure.
11  I haven't noticed any significant reduction in the performance of my car since switching to unleaded fuel.
12  There's been a big reduction in the size of the British merchant fleet in recent years.
13  It's quite likely that a reduction in calorie intake yields a reduction in metabolic rates.
14  Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will produce a 3 percent reduction in the density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017.
15  Both the reduction and the stabilization surgery are common practices in spinal cord injuries and clearly were vital elements of Everett's care.