shrunk
Americanverb
verb
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- unshrunk adjective
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While European militaries have shrunk since the end of the Cold War, they remain trusted allies.
The Colorado River, another major water source for Southern California, has shrunk over the last quarter of a century amid a megadrought worsened by rising temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times
The departures are part of bigger changes in recent weeks that have shrunk the original team that helped Musk launch the creator of the Grok chatbot.
In its annual report, the Austrian Alpine Club, said 94 out of the 96 glaciers that it measured over the past year in Austria, had shrunk.
From BBC
Like the angles I chose in photos, the way I shrunk myself to go unnoticed, the relief of a closed door.
From Los Angeles Times
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