The phrase
"reduced role" means that someone's responsibilities or importance in a certain situation have been decreased or made smaller.
Full definition
Unless we find cost - effective ways of
reducing the role of fossil fuels, a cap - and - trade system would ultimately break down.
The changes could mean thousands of schools opting out of local authority control and a much -
reduced role for local councils in education.
It can be used to improve team and individual characteristics (
by reducing role ambiguity) and work structure by negotiating, defining and adjusting team member roles.
These policies include reducing governmental restrictions on the market within its political boundaries and
also reducing the role of such boundaries.
Over the previous decade, the government has
largely reduced the role of private banks in student loans while the federal government essentially picked up the slack.
Nevertheless, the marginalization of all this in the university greatly
reduces its role in the wider society.
The Portuguese boss was furious when the pair rushed onto the pitch, despite being asked to do so by the referee and Eden Hazard, and subsequently opted to punish their actions by vastly
reducing their role with the club.
At about the same time, David
reduced his role as an army chaplain and was assaulted by a man he described as a Muslim fundamentalist.
Other top spenders included the Greater New York Hospital Association ($ 2.3 million), the No More Casinos Coalition ($ 1.7 million) and the Public Campaign Action Fund, which lobbied
on reducing the role of money in politics ($ 1.4 million).
In 2016, Arrington
reduced his role at CrunchFund and has since started Arrington XRP Capital, a $ 100 million digital asset management firm in blockchain - based capital markets.
The corporation — along with Fannie Mae, another government - sponsored enterprise with a similar mission —
significantly reduced its role in financing multifamily housing after the Great Recession.
«10 to 15 years from now, real estate will be more of a technology - driven, eCommerce experience (e.g. Zappos, Amazon, or eBay) with agents performing very
much reduced role still centered around paperwork and compliances (i.e. contracts, state laws, etc).
In a 1999 interview suddenly making the rounds on YouTube, Friedman talks about the then - nascent internet, saying he thinks it will be one of «the major
forces reducing the role of government.»
Some Christians have strongly
favored reducing the role of government and putting pressure on the recipients of aid to take more responsibility for themselves.
He remained a trusted player at the club even at this difficult period, being tipped to regain his place on his comeback, but the electric form of Bellerin and his impressive
performances reduced his role to a bit part player.
Muller hasn't had a much
reduced role under Guardiola but Kicker still think he's unhappy.
He says the legislation is crucial given the
apparently reduced role of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and potential evisceration of some of the nation's water protection rules.
In a letter to Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband complains: «These appointments would create an even bigger majority for the Coalition in the Lords and
risk reducing its role to a mere rubber stamp for the House of Commons.»
(In fact, the 2015 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act reduces the role of the federal government and returns power to states and districts.)
While some of the print book decline can be sheeted home to the Borders bankruptcy and the reduction of shelf space to sell books, this does
n't reduce the role of ebooks.
On one hand, the reduction in global SO2
emissions reduces the role of sulfate aerosols in determining future climate toward the end of the 21st century and therefore reduces one aspect of uncertainty about future climate change (because the precise forcing effect of sulfate aerosols is highly uncertain).
Creation of strategies to
reduce role strain should be a priority in our changing healthcare environment.
Hestres said digital communication technologies make it easier for members to connect remotely and
reduces the role for traditional methods of collective action, like face - to - face meetings.
Real estate experts are heralding residential mortgage REITs as a critical player in any proposal to kick - start private lending as the federal government
reduces its role in the housing market...
A new study, however, shows that forests devastated by drought may lose their ability to store carbon over a much longer period than previously thought,
reducing their role as a buffer
The IME and WB insist
on reducing the role of the State in economic life and in public social welfare.
In Clarke's
reduced role at the office, Bice said a pair of inspectors are running the operation.
Introduced by education committee chair Rep. John Kline (R - MN), the Student Success Act (H.R. 5) would
significantly reduce the role of the federal government in education by moving spending and accountability decisions to state and local authorities.
Among other actions, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will remake the state's accountability system for public schools
by reducing the role of standardized testing and incorporate new college - and career - readiness measurements.
All of these players have played a major role in the team over the last few years, but it's time for them to step aside or at least into
drastically reduced roles to let the next generation of United States talent come into the team and make it their own.
The leaders of IndependentVoting acknowledge the irony that they are active in
reducing the role of political parties in elections, while at the same time being active in a political party themselves.
Regardless of what changes the president decides to make to his press team or his briefing policy, it sounds as though Sean Spicer will have a much -
reduced role in the process.
Another solution is to use CGI effects;
a reduced role could mean Leia would only appear in glimpses.»
As part of that work, we identified the need to
reduce some roles, open others, and streamline decision making for greater accountability.
«The major effect of the internet will be to make it harder for the government to collect taxes... I think the internet is going to be one of the major forces for
reducing the role of government.
But state - owned enterprises are integrated into the power structure of the Communist Party, so
reducing their role is politically risky.