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dwindle

[dwin-dl] / ˈdwɪn dl /


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But go back earlier, and the talk starts to dwindle.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Instead of watching the pile dwindle each month, they could focus on the guaranteed amount deposited into their bank account each month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

But this year the Rockies had the least snow on record, and they’ve watched springs dry up and creeks dwindle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ranchers, meanwhile, are seeing their hay supplies dwindle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

In time the flames began to dwindle, and then they were gone.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

That arrangement will continue until about three years after the number of co-founders remaining with the company dwindles to fewer than three.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

But chances of finding anyone alive beneath deep rubble dwindles rapidly after a critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

In public health terms, elimination means that a disease has become rare enough, and immunity to it widespread enough, that local transmission dwindles quickly if a case or two emerges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The crowd around him quickly dwindles to only a few people wandering up and down the pathway.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

As free cash flow has dwindled, many of the biggest AI companies have been forced to turn to the capital markets for financing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The population of Kherson has dwindled from over 250,000 to about 65,000 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which will enter its sixth year in February.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The conglomerate era, it should be recalled, dwindled away in the 1980s, when investors recognized that in most cases the parts were more valuable than the whole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But after months and an unusually hot summer, their numbers dwindled - with no sign that the government was meeting their demands.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Our caravan had dwindled down to a small band of vagrants.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

U.S. stocks saw a strong reversal in fortunes in October, as worries about dwindling free cash flows and rising borrowing costs threw a wrench into the artificial-intelligence trade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

The price rally reflects fears of renewed escalation, dwindling oil stockpiles and a makeshift shipping system that remains dangerous and expensive to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The challenge comes as Afghanistan faces the return of 6.6 million Afghans since 2023, climate disasters, dwindling aid and banking isolation since the Taliban movement returned to power in 2021.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

On to Friday's mission, as the dwindling group arrived in a "field of screams", as presenter Claudia Winkleman aptly put it, full of scary-looking scarecrows.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But then, I didn’t need to remind Morrie of his dwindling time.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom


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