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have been dwindling

  • present perfect progressive of dwindle.

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Month by month, the savings that Rosaline George scraped together in her years as a journalist and local government employee have been dwindling as the 97-year-old pays out of pocket for hourly care.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

Long-term records of flow volume from nearby stream gauges show streamflows have been dwindling with warming temperatures and smaller snowpacks, suggesting smaller water volumes could explain the higher metal concentrations.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

Consequently, salmon runs have been dwindling for years.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2022

The list of new vehicles available with a manual transmission have been dwindling year after year.

From The Verge Aug. 8, 2022

But ever since, that asset seemed to have been dwindling; and now he was almost beginning to despair. 

From The Man by Stoker, Bram