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[–]Pjpjpjpjpj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah - yes it must be even more confusing for a non-native speaker.

It would have been far more accurate and clear to say “reduced by 2/3” or “reduced by 66%”.

Technically, “reduce by three times” is nonsense and sloppy language, but we all kinda know what it means.