The phrase "a wider reduction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a decrease or diminishment that is broader in scope or extent compared to something else.
Example: "The new policy aims for a wider reduction in carbon emissions across all sectors."
Alternatives: "a broader decrease" or "a more extensive reduction".
The Pentagon said it would close two Army storage sites in the Netherlands next year as part of a wider reduction of military forces and matériel in Western Europe.
Spokesman Andrew Opie told the Daily Mail: "We believe we'll make the most progress by having targets for reducing sugar from those categories contributing most to excessive consumption by children, as part of a wider reduction strategy.
These bodies, representing local vested interests—school governors, religious leaders, union representatives could veto expansion in favour of the status quo, and usually did.There will be a wider reduction in the role of local government, too.
Khazaee worked at Pratt & Whitney for about two years, he said, and was let go last August "as a part of a company-wide reduction in force".
This was accompanied by a downregulation of JAM-A mRNA in RVLM, PVN, and NTS (see Supplementary material online, Figure S10A C ) and a body-wide reduction in the high JAM-A protein characteristic of the SHR.
The initial investment of about £30,000 formed part of a wider energy reduction strategy to achieve total annual savings of over £7m for Network Rail and South West Trains.
From tips on greener flying to recycling old cell phones, the company's message is loud and clear that offsetting can only work if is part of a wider carbon reduction strategy.
This is the first attempt of a community-based trial of health promotion in rural and semi-urban villages in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve a population-wide reduction in salt intake with a view to reducing the population BP.
Conservationists say that laws from Brussels have restricted waste dumping in landfill sites, promoted a culture of recycling and kicked off a continent-wide reduction in carbon emissions.
Here, implementation of SDD (without systemic antibiotics) was followed by a unit-wide reduction in the proportion of patients with an ICU-acquired infection caused by MDR-GNB; from 2.6%% 1 year before to 0.9 % during the first year of SDD (P = 0.003).
When these authors added a large number of unlinked loci under selection, this resulted in a genome-wide reduction of the effective migration rate, such that the baseline level of neutral divergence was elevated and any effect of linkage to a single selected locus unlikely to be detected.
