Example Sentences

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The company hasn’t reported its fourth-quarter figures yet, but in recent quarters the losses have been narrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

With increased awareness, such gaps in diagnoses have been narrowing or closing.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

Four in 10 South Koreans support legalising same-sex marriage, according to a Gallup poll in May, supporters have been narrowing the gap with those who disapprove in recent years.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2023

Still, Japan’s courts, when presented with legal challenges to the malapportionment, have been narrowing the disparities in recent decades.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

Since the middle of last year, the gap between the cheapest tariffs and the most expensive have been narrowing.

From BBC • May 9, 2017