Collocations for "reduction"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reduction" in context.
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reduction
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [size, weight, height, time] reduction
- a [bust, stomach, buttock, hip, nose] reduction
- a [pay, salary, wage] reduction
- a reduction in [pay]
- a reduction in [noise, pollution, traffic, accidents, debt]
- [noise] reduction
- a reduction in [greenhouse gas, carbon] emissions
- a reduction in [water, gas, electricity] consumption
- a reduction in [prices, costs, income, earnings, dividends, rates]
- a planned reduction in [staff, workforce, personnel]
- a reduction of [roughly, approximately, around]
- a reduction from [fifty] to [forty]
- [contributed, agreed] to a reduction [of, in]
- held talks on [arms, emissions] reductions
- a reduction of [orchestral, philharmonic] works
- the reduction [rate, level, target]
- reduction [methods, programs, strategies]
'reduction' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):