The phrase "and thus lessens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that one action or condition results in a reduction or diminishment of something else.
Example: "The new policy is designed to improve efficiency and thus lessens the time required for project completion."
Alternatives: "and therefore reduces" or "and consequently diminishes".
The SLR reduces banks' scope for lending to the private sector and thus lessens their ability to act as effective intermediaries.
However, this instruction was not in the original version and thus lessens technical equivalence with the original.
Since hypoxia decreases the sensitivity of tissues to radiation and thus lessens the efficacy of radiotherapy, PET scanning with FMISO may provide useful information in selecting the most appropriate form of adjuvant therapy for bone and soft tissue tumours [ 32].
The version approved by the House of Representatives would limit consumers' ability to sue insurers and thus lessen the incentive for managed care companies to behave responsibly.
The larger idea is that by helping the local economy, it should be possible to introduce stability and thus lessen ethnic conflict and human rights abuses.
There was also glee in an adjoining town, Mevasseret Zion, whose Israeli residents had joined the Palestinians in arguing that a barrier between them would increase animosity and thus lessen safety.
More broadly, it is further evidence of President Bush's unwillingness to offend his political allies by pushing the industry to develop cleaner cars and thus lessen urban smog and the dangers of global warming.
In a statement, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said the United States faced an energy crisis because of lack of planning, but he added, "We should also use technology where we can to promote energy efficiency and thus lessen demand".
To restore health to the Republican Party, the Goldwater following cannot be totally lost because the zealots might form organizations like the Conservative Party in New York and thus lessen the ranks of the Republicans still further.
A lubricant provides a protective film which allows for two touching surfaces to be separated and thus lessening the friction between them.
In 1992, the Kyoto Protocol promoted the idea that protecting tropical forests from deforestation could help to slow the release of CO2 into the atmosphere and thus lessen predicted climate warming (Hulme 2017).
