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Each time that happens, the surviving green patches grow smaller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

North of Deception Pass, the waves grow smaller, to a projected average height of five feet.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

A weak yen, once considered a boon to the export-led economy, is now having less of an impact as shipments grow smaller, given the ongoing shift by Japanese manufacturers to offshore production.

From Reuters ● May 19, 2022

And satellites will only grow smaller and more numerous as the commercial space industry heats up.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018

The bus chugs down our street, and I watch him grow smaller, and then the bus turns the comer and he is gone.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau


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