Reduce
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New Speak, from George Orwell's 1984, uses strange syntax in an effort to simplify the language and reduce the number of words.
Source: Strange-Syntax Speaker - However, Charles Schulz's signature simple artwork gave newspapers the idea to reduce the size of the comic panels and force all the future artists to simplify their artwork to the point where all the art look like rushed cut-and-paste jobs.
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The first album by a reunited band with a new guitarist (Trevor Rabin), 90125 saw the band reduce their song lengths and simplify their structures, while retaining enough weirdness and instrumental proficiency to remind fans that it was still a Yes album despite its newfound accessibility.
Source: New Sound Album
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