The municipal council approved a new digital platform to streamline the processing of building permits. The system, which will go live next month, promises to cut the average waiting time from three w

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The municipal council approved a new digital platform to streamline the processing of building permits. The system, which will go live next month, promises to cut the average waiting time from three weeks to just five days. However, officials warned that staff will need to undergo extensive training to avoid bottlenecks during the transition.

In the sentence "The system, which will go live next month, promises to cut the average waiting time from three weeks to just five days," the phrase "cut the average waiting time" most closely means:

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reduce the waiting time

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increase the waiting time

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maintain the waiting time at the same level

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eliminate the waiting time entirely

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postpone the waiting time to a later date

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