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Example sentences for: lessen

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The argument for hitting al Shifa was that it would lessen the chance of Bin Ladin's having nerve gas for a later attack.
15 an hour says the boost would neither lessen poverty nor slow the economy.
Joints may become uncomfortable if they are not moved [ 77 ] . Continuous pressure on the same area of skin, particularly over bony prominences, will increase the risk of skin ischemia, and pain [ 78 ] . As the patient approaches death, provide adequate support and cushioning on the bed to lessen the need for uncomfortable turning.
This allows for sufficient numbers of transfected cells and appears to lessen the PEI burden per neuron, yet does not preclude detailed morphological analyses of individual neurons.
Overall, the collective effect of resveratrol would be to decrease endothelial injury and exposure of the subendothelial matrix, which would lessen the probability of formation of atherosclerotic plaques and the development of CHD [ 53, 54, 55].