The phrase "as it reduced" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when discussing a decrease or diminishment in a particular context, such as size, quantity, or intensity.
Example: "The noise level in the room was much more pleasant as it reduced throughout the evening."
Alternatives: "as it diminished" or "as it lessened".
On Thursday, the government raised its estimate of those profits in the first quarter, even as it reduced its estimate of profits earned in this country.
But the British bank's revenue was down by 7%, as it reduced its global presence to focus on "priority markets", where growth has eased.
The Clorox Company said yesterday that profit rose 2.8percentt in its most recent quarter as it reduced expenses and sold more Glad trash bags and Hidden Valley dressings.
(BLOOMBERG NEWS Royal Aholdd to Cut 700 Jobs in the United States Royal Ahold, the owner of the Giant and Stop and Shop supermarket chains in the United States, said yesterday that it planned to eliminate 700 jobs at its U.S. Foodservice unit as it reduced costs to try to regain an investment-grade credit rating.
Fannie Mae, the largest buyer of mortgages in the nation, reported today that its third-quarter earnings fell as it reduced the value of derivatives it uses to protect itself from interest rate swings.
Mobile phone operator Softbank reported its earnings improved by 8% as it reduced handset subsidies; it also cut fees for iPhone users of its network.
The usage of rice husk in the rehabilitation mortar was abandoned, as it reduced the workability notably while its beneficial effect on the puzzolanic reaction could not be proven clearly within this study.
The Calpine Corporation, a power plant operator, said today that its second-quarter earnings fell 33percentt as it reduced energy trading and electricity prices declined.
ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., the world's largest electrical-engineering company, said yesterday that its second-quarter profit rose 15percentt as it reduced costs and benefited from growth in Europe and the United States.
The prednisolone group showed a trend towards improved overall survival, but it did significantly decrease the composite endpoint of death and adverse outcome (NNT 5), mainly as it reduced the need for pericardectomy and its associated mortality.
Topps, which is based in New York, also said its first-quarter profit declined by more than half as it reduced product releases and as sales of sports cards fell.
