| compressing(verb, diminishing, decreasing) | |
| cutting | |
| decrease(noun, decrease, abstract, summary, restriction) | |
| diminution(noun, decrease, nonincrease) | |
| lowering(verb, lowering, decreasing) | |
| retrenchment(noun, shortness) | |
| concentrating(verb, diminishing, decreasing) | |
| cut | |
| minimizing(verb, diminishing, curtailing) | |
| shorten | |
| shrinking(verb, decrease, diminishing, decreasing, nonincrease) | |
| curtail | |
| cutback | |
| lard(noun, fat) | |
| paring(verb, diminishing) | |
| pruning(noun, verb, diminishing) | |
| reduce | |
| retrenching | |
| shrinkage | |
| summary(noun, abstract, contraction, ellipsis) |
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