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	verb • reduce in scope while retaining essential elements • lessen, diminish, or curtail
	32%	11		Comedian who said: 'Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.'
	noun • United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
	30%	14		Named after the state where it was first discovered by botanists
	noun • erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania

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