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While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.

As the holidays approach, Hohlfelder worries that concern will further dwindle.

For most of us, whether or not Nico is missing or dead would seem irrelevant as the days left dwindle.

If the money starts to dwindle, then Snyder will do something.

Terror continues to win as our civil liberties continue to dwindle.

With either Mr. Shepard or Mr. Low elected, Tammany would dwindle—as one now beholds it—to be a third-rate influence.

The excessive military spirit of the inhabitants had begun to dwindle, as England's interest required.

The island glided further and further away from the cliffs, and he watched the waterfall dwindle away to a streak and disappear.

Some of these dwindle away soon enough—or perhaps not quite soon enough; some of them increase and become permanent and beautiful.

This original may dwindle by circumstances, so as to become not a purpose of the second or even the third magnitude.

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On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dwindle, such as: abate, decay, decline, decrease, die down, and diminish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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