shrank

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Key details: New orders shrank for the third month in a row, offsetting a small bump in production in November.

From MarketWatch

China's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in November, official data showed Sunday, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains subdued despite a trade truce with the United States.

From Barron's

Not so much for food but everything else — housing costs exploded, employer coverage for healthcare shrank, college costs became crippling and transportation costs rose.

From MarketWatch

Investment by private companies shrank 0.5% in the first seven months of the year, bigger than the 0.2% decline for the first half.

From Reuters

Then, with the coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath, the trend reversed: The state lost more people than it gained in each of the past three years and shrank to less than 39 million people.

From Seattle Times