Sentence examples for substantially lessen from inspiring English sources
That the shutdown seems to be over after two weeks will substantially lessen the hardship.
Compact urban growth can significantly reduce the cost of providing services and substantially lessen urban infrastructure requirements.
Distributing "low-dead-space syringes" to addicts could substantially lessen H.I.V. transmission among them, a new study has estimated.
The health care law encourages such alliances and joint ventures but provides no exemption from antitrust law, which bans mergers that may substantially "lessen competition".
Washington has a unique opportunity today to substantially lessen our long-term outlays for interest payments.
The Justice Department said a merger would "substantially lessen competition for commercial air travel".
Using special deal accounting, JPMorgan substantially lessened the financial risks of the acquisitions.
Social security benefits and, later, Medicaid also substantially lessened reliance on public homes, until they became obsolete.
The competition watchdog will now investigate whether the joint marketing substantially lessens competition, in breach of the Competition and Consumer Act.
In his efforts to always explore new techniques, he invented a diamond tool that substantially lessened the time preparing teeth for crowns and bridges.
A review of competition laws, headed by Prof Ian Harper, called for the prohibition to be expanded to include actions that would be likely to "have the effect" of substantially lessening competition.
