People are trying to find simple ways to decrease their effect on the planet.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

The mixture caused the number of stem cells to decrease.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

The amendments are meant to decrease the number of documents NGOs are required to provide and ease the registration process.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

In the face of opposition from Independent Senator Joe Lieberman, and to gain his vote, Senate lawmakers first dropped the government insurance option and then an alternative plan to decrease the eligibility age for the existing government Medicare program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The study identified factors that seem to increase or decrease the risk that a child will be a bully.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The astronauts' decrease in bone strength measured from point six percent to five percent for each month spent on the space station.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

But she said it did decrease her desire to eat cabbages.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

"Then we tell them to follow some new rules for living that will decrease their chances of ending up dead or in prison and increase their chances dramatically of staying alive and free."

VOA: special.2010.08.26

"Women who had their ovaries removed had a decrease in the risk of breast cancer, a decrease in the risk of ovarian cancer and,in addition,they were less likely to die of breast cancer, less likely to die of ovarian cancer and also had an improvement in their overall survival."

VOA: special.2010.09.22