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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for lowering

the act of causing to become less

the act of causing something to move to a lower level

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For these reasons, the trends to lowering the aspect ratio of tires, to meet high performance tire requirements, is continued.
* Why by lowering the pH of the bleaching stage, mills may be able to either eliminate or substantially reduce this scale formation.
This was not a cyclical downturn; it was the beginning of a necessary structural adjustment to which lowering of interest rates was not the appropriate response.
If statins work by reducing inflammation and not by lowering cholesterol levels, for example, a statin that gets into the brain might be key to success against Alzheimer's.
At this point in history, the best method for lowering costs with some quality controls is prepaid group practice and HMOs.
The good news is that lowering testosterone levels works.
The rheology of both unfilled and filled PP shows a lowering of viscosity with the addition of SFR-100 resin with or without MgSt.
Economy tissue producers, which also include much of the AFH market, are most interested in lowering fiber and energy costs.
The reduction in the overall marginal rates and the lowering of the effective rates for married taxpayers create a general rule for the use of the NOLs--an NOL should be used against income taxed at the highest marginal rate.
IT managers deploying SANs look at storage resources as pools of storage capacity that can be easily allocated across applications as required, lowering support costs and better utilizing the available capacity.
Patients with chest pain or who have survived a heart attack "benefit from immediate, aggressive cholesterol lowering, irrespective of their initial cholesterol levels," Schwartz says.
(Every rep must be performed at the same speed.) That enables the spotter to adjust the amount of resistance needed to fully exhaust the muscle on each rep--to obtain maximum resistance during the raising and lowering phase of every rep.
Compared to N550 and N650, ST-4620 carbon black can reduce the incidence of cracking by lowering the conductivity of the hose.
"Plant sterols are more effective in lowering LDL than all the currently available dietary supplements," says endocrinologist Ronald Ostlund of Washington University in St.
A major new federal trial renews support for salt restriction and a healthy diet as ways of lowering blood pressure, even among people without hypertension.