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Example sentences for: lessening

How can you use “lessening” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Hargarten observed that the impediments to publishing seem to be lessening, and that the work of Cherpitel and others is vital.
EPA addressed OIRA's concerns by lessening the information collection requirements for risk management plans in its final rule.
CIA officials also began pressing proposals to use their ties with the Northern Alliance to get American agents on the ground in Afghanistan for an extended period, setting up their own base for covert intelligence collection and activity in the Panjshir Valley and lessening reliance on foreign proxies."
Meanwhile, the State Department was focused more on lessening Indo-Pakistani nuclear tensions, ending the Afghan civil war, and ameliorating the Taliban's human rights abuses than on driving out Bin Ladin.
The final analysis discusses the FDA's decision not to exempt small entities from the rule because an exemption for small retailers would shift underage sales to those locations, lessening or eliminating the effectiveness and benefits of the access restrictions.