The phrase "a mere reduction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be a simple or insignificant decrease or simplification of a larger concept or quantity.
Example: "The proposed changes to the policy are nothing more than a mere reduction in funding, which will ultimately affect the quality of services provided."
Alternatives: "a simple decrease" or "a trivial cut".
For purposes of paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, retirement does not include a mere reduction in the number of hours that an employee works.
If Trump were to demand an increase in guards along the Mexican border, or if Denmark's rightwing People's Party campaigned on a mere reduction in asylum-seekers, these demands would not open up a gulf between the people and the elite.
The logical conclusion of that trend, however, is far more transformative than a mere reduction in optimal corporate size and scope: it's this–.
A mere reduction of visceral fat decreases mortality [ 19].
Since we found a mere reduction of 15%, this should be interpreted with care.
To differentiate between cellular degeneration of CSMN and a mere reduction in molecular marker expression, we performed 2 different retrograde labeling experiments (Fig. 3 A, B).
In the service domain, where customers are in many cases tightly integrated in an organization's processes, the mere reduction of process variants may be enough to decrease the customers' perceived individuality even if the output itself is not standardized.
They concluded that a mere 10% reduction in population-wide blood pressure and cholesterol levels might achieve a 45% reduction in cardiac events in the long term.
I am happy to say that there is a growing recognition among psychiatrists that mere reduction in symptoms must not be the goal of treatment.
This is not leadership," said Radanne, noting that the US target would represent a mere 13% reduction if measured from 1990 to 2030.
With respect to the negotiated discounts, there is a potential risk that the aim of a mere cost reduction becomes dominant with significant spillover effects worldwide.
