shrank

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The tech company’s head count shrank by roughly 13% in its previous fiscal year, as it continued to invest in artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

Interest costs are already eating up some 20% of state revenue, de Sousa adds, though Petro’s government temporarily shrank that through a short-term “liability management exercise.”

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

That number shrank to 9,643 the next year and 2,126 in 1992, before sinking to as few as a few dozen per year in the early 2000s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

A similar swing from rapid growth to contraction was recorded earlier in the decade, when Ireland’s economy shrank in 2023 having expanded rapidly in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

There is a story too that he shrank and shrank in size until at last Aurora with a feeling for the natural fitness of things turned him into the skinny and noisy grasshopper.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton