5
compressing(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
5
cutting
5
decrease(noun, decrease, abstract, summary, restriction)
5
diminution(noun, decrease, nonincrease)
5
lowering(verb, lowering, decreasing)
5
retrenchment(noun, shortness)
4
concentrating(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
4
cut
4
minimizing(verb, diminishing, curtailing)
4
shorten
4
shrinking(verb, decrease, diminishing, decreasing, nonincrease)
3
curtail
3
cutback
3
lard(noun, fat)
3
paring(verb, diminishing)
3
pruning(noun, verb, diminishing)
3
reduce
3
retrenching
3
shrinkage
3
summary(noun, abstract, contraction, ellipsis)
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