shrink
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The persuasive argument of Tyler Goodspeed’s “Recession: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It” is that historical evidence shows otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Shrink Solves Murder is for everyone, she said, but particularly those who enjoy Agatha Christie and Richard Coles novels.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The Culver City-based company is known for producing podcast series including “Dr. Death,” “American Scandal” and “The Shrink Next Door.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
It used patterns it found in all that text to generate recommendations: Shrink the court size to reduce the distance players need to travel in wheelchairs.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
As soon as I climbed out of the DeLorean I cast a Shrink spell on it, instantly reducing it to the size of a Matchbox car.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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