shrunk
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That list had shrunk to about a dozen issues in the latest rounds of negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But that gap had shrunk to a solitary point by the time the drivers lined up for the last of 17 stages, bringing back painful memories of previous narrow misses for Evans.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Since then, he’s shrunk down thousands of products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As temperatures rise, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by nearly half a million square kilometres per decade since 1979, equivalent to losing an area the size of Spain every 10 years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The dust, over the years, had eroded him; it had left his features gray, his thoughts gray; it had shrunk him and made his legs spindly and his gait unsteady.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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