The phrase "and decreasing the usage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to reduce the frequency or amount of something being used.
Example: "The new policy aims to promote sustainability by encouraging recycling and decreasing the usage of single-use plastics."
Alternatives: "and reducing the consumption" or "and minimizing the use".
This elongated the contrast effect and thus decreased the usage of contrast agent and the procedure time in our animal study.
So it is very necessary to take measures to improve the output and to decrease the usage of light oil.
Antimicrobial restriction program wound not increase the total amount of prescription and even decrease the usage of broad spectrum antimicrobial agents.
Given the fact that products are becoming even more complex and that the product life cycle decreases, the usage of simulation tools grow in importance for the optimization and acceleration of all phases of the production life-cycle.
The voice prompt decreased the usage of plastic bags by both discouraging unintentional usage and encouraging an intentional reduction in usage.
This will increase the memory usage and decrease the simulation speed, especially in the time-domain simulation.
Based on the Canny process and the Gaussian blurring method, this study can reduce the false detection caused by noise, and decrease the number of operations and resource usage without affecting the straight line detection.
The construction industry is associated with a large proportion of energy consumption in many developed countries, therefore a large amount of research and legislation deals with decreasing the energy usage in buildings including the European Union's Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Directive.
"Reasons range from more clinically appropriate and/or efficient technologies and procedures already listed on the MBS through to patient safety, unnecessary doubling-up of item claims and decreasing usage," she said.
