- past tense form of shrink.
shrank
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But she said the production and construction sectors shrank over the three-month period.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Meanwhile, the information sector shrank by 10,000 jobs in September.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
After 2018, Iran’s economic output shrank 12% in two years and investment fell 17%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2025 -- one of the warmest years on record -- glaciers also shrank across all regions, even as groundwater levels in many parts of the world are in multi-year decline, it found.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
She looked at me then and her mouth shrank to a grim line as she drew her lips in.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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