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dwindle

[dwin-dl] / ˈdwɪn dl /


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The question is whether price increases accelerate as inventory sources dwindle.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

When supplies dwindle competition for them intensifies between the two major importing regions: Asia and Europe.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"Because they're seabirds, they have one egg every year, and if they don't get those birds away, the numbers are going to dwindle very, very quickly."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Analysts say that most large companies have two to four weeks of petrochemical inventories, but that is going to dwindle in late March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

There was much to remember about that time, and much to tell, but the moon in its nightly travels would dwindle, disappear, and fatten again before their stories were entirely told.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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