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| minimize(diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) | |
| telescope(contract, curtail) | |
| chop(reduce, restrain, halt, diminish) | |
| shrink(verb, decline, reduce, moderate) | |
| blue pencil(expression, diminish, decrease, contract) | |
| cut to the bone(expression, idiom, diminish, decrease) | |
| edit(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) | |
| excerpt(diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) | |
| make a long story short(expression, idiom, diminish, decrease) | |
| put in a nutshell(expression, idiom, diminish, decrease) | |
| snip(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) | |
| take up(expression, contract, curtail) |
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