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shrank

American  
[shrangk] / ʃræŋk /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of shrink.


shrank British  
/ ʃræŋk /

verb

  1. a past tense of shrink

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It’s been a while since we’ve had a decent ”Honey, I Shrank the ___” comedy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Shrank have been replaced by gang unit officers and special investigators tasked with gathering intelligence and documenting and collating gang members in databases.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021

Dr. William Shrank, chief scientific officer at CVS Health, estimates the cost to the patient at between $7,000 and $12,000 a year.

From The Verge • Jun. 9, 2015

“Managed pharmacy care, indeed the health care system, has never seen a challenge like this to our resilience in absorbing costs,” Dr. Shrank wrote in Health Affairs.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2015

The toe Shrank back Into place, And on that day I began to think Of Kool-Aid not As sugar on The tongue But as medicine.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto