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The phrase "alter or reduce" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes to the size, amount, or intensity of something, often in contexts like editing, budgeting, or modifying plans.
Example: "We need to alter or reduce the budget for the upcoming project to accommodate the new expenses."
Alternatives: "modify or decrease" or "change or lessen."
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We also consider how changes to pollinator behaviours alter or reduce pollination services.
But he did not respond directly to a question about whether Saudi Arabia was seeking to alter or reduce the mission to make the presence less visible.
If Bormann is not dead and is later apprehended, the Control Council for Germany may, under Article 29 of the Charter, consider any facts in mitigation, and alter or reduce his sentence, if deemed proper.
In her ruling this week, Judge Cote said that Apple may not enter into any agreement with the five settling publishers that "restricts, limits or impedes Apple's ability to set, alter or reduce the retail price of any e-book".
2. Penguin will offer each retailer other than Apple the opportunity to terminate any agency agreements concluded for the sale of e-books that: (i) restrict, limit or impede the retailer's ability to set, alter or reduce the retail price or to offer price discounts or promotions; or (ii) contain a price MFN clause as defined in Penguin's commitments.
For a period of two years from notification of the decision to Penguin, Penguin will not restrict, limit or impede the ability of e-book retailers to set, alter or reduce retail prices for e-books and/or to offer price discounts or promotions.
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In particular, a greater vigilance needs to be exercised in the care of children with autism with regard to their exposure to painful stimuli and their difficulty in expressing their behavioral response to pain, knowing that altered or reduced behavioral pain reactivity does not mean reduced pain sensitivity.
Commuters have been hit by altered or reduced services as part of the biggest change to timetables in living memory.
According to Lajoie et al. (1993) [20], a higher attentional demand is required when sensory information is altered or reduced, or when complexity of the postural task increases.
Genetic analysis suggests that many of the axon phenotypes observed in ju89 mutants are likely mediated by altered or reduced function of microtubules composed of TBA-1 and TBB-2 subunits.
This was reported to be a major factor of altered or reduced foetal growth in sheep [ 27].
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