Example Sentences

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The deputy first minister also told the programme that there was cross-party support for shrinking the number of public sector bodies.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

On Friday, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner warned that Serbia's rights situation had worsened, citing attacks on activists and journalists, shrinking civic space and alleged police abuses at protests.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The big ones are raising the threshold for the federal government to get involved in disaster recovery and shrinking the National Flood Insurance Program.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Rather than simply being a side effect of growing larger bodies, the study suggests that shrinking arms were closely connected to the evolution of massive, powerful skulls and jaws.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

She listened as the others talked about how irritable and angry they felt, as if they were engaged in a furious argument, and as they spoke, she seemed to be shrinking.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart