had dwindled
- past perfect of dwindle.
Example Sentences
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Businesses fled: The 116 major corporate headquarters in Gotham in 1971 had dwindled to 49 by 1995.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The tit-for-tat escalation cooled off after Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to a one-year truce in October, but manufacturers at the bustling Guangdong market told AFP that US orders had dwindled.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
By that point, the number of workers who remained out on the picket line had dwindled to 28 from the original 120 who walked out at the beginning of the strike.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
When businessman Jim McColl rescued Ferguson's in 2014, the workforce had dwindled to just 70, some cranes were 100 years old and the yard was hauling 20-tonne ship sections around using a Massey Ferguson tractor.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
In the “cold carton,” the ABC strain had nearly doubled, while the CBA had dwindled.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
