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shrinks

  • plural
    of shrink.
    shrink
    verb (used without object)
    to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance.
  • present tense form
    of shrink (3rd person singular).
    shrink
    verb (used without object)
    to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance.

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The figure shows what analysts forecast the companies to earn over the coming year on a rolling basis; when earnings rise while the stock price falls or stays flat, the P/E ratio shrinks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

It was also associated with less enlargement of the brain's ventricles, fluid filled spaces that tend to grow as brain tissue shrinks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

All that steam time also shrinks “the product,” Langer says,”anywhere from 35 to 38%.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The boarding becomes more frantic as the window of opportunity shrinks.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

My stomach shrinks into a pit as I stare at the forest.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer