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shrunk

American  
[shruhngk] / ʃrʌŋk /

verb

  1. a past participle and simple past tense of shrink.

shrunk British  
/ ʃrʌŋk /

verb

  1. a past participle and past tense of shrink

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The result is that softball’s strike zone has shrunk, according to Arkansas softball associate head coach and data obsessive Matt Meuchel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And Vogue’s legendarily thick September issue has shrunk from 840 pages in 2006 to just 365 last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

And then, they raised prices and shrunk the packaging.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Volunteers are hoping to raise funding to continue restoring a rare temperate rainforest habitat which has shrunk across the country.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

In a space of a few short weeks, he had shrunk, literally collapsing around his lungs as they became the entire focus of his being.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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