shrink
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Former US Senator Ben Sasse, who announced in December he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, is in a clinical trial for the drug and has said it has helped shrink his tumours.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The day my classes were deleted in 2021, I did an emergency phone shrink session where my therapist reminded me that with stints as a poet, novelist and journalist, I was well-versed at reinvention.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Nondefense discretionary spending, defense spending, plus Medicaid, CHIP, healthcare subsidies and other mandatory programs are already projected to shrink in relation to the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
While tech executives such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have an optimistic outlook on the future of AI, they’ve also acknowledged that company sizes could shrink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Last time I was locked up, the hospital shrink had me draw a life-sized outline of my body.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
And foreign workers could help fill labour shortages as the working-age population shrinks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
When your bet goes cold and shrinks below your target percentage, buy enough to get back to your allocation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Nevertheless, the claustrophobic framing shrinks an epic voyage into small-screen content made solely for a bored child to hold right up to their nose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The dominance of Chinese brands remains true even as their home market shrinks amid an economic slowdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It shrinks to lizard size and lets him pick it up.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Ms. Frizzle often shrank her steel steed and its occupants to microscopic sizes so they could explore places they’d never seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The gap between the highest and lowest-performing regions shrank, but remained higher than before the Covid pandemic.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The occupations most exposed to AI’s reach shrank by 0.2% year over year in June, according to research from ADP and Stanford University.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
This year, the firm shrank the number of U.S. audit partners by 10% and is completely rethinking the role of junior-level auditors—college graduates who generally start with a salary around $80,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I shrank back into the doorway and watched.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The number of long-term unemployed has also shrunk, however, to add to the evidence of stabilized labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Customers love the firm's massive catalogue of ultra-cheap items, from $8 sundresses to $2 bracelets, at a time when inflation has shrunk purchasing power around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Colorado River, a critical water lifeline for seven states, has shrunk dramatically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But such sharp rebukes may well suggest the former first minister's standing in the party has shrunk.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Nok suddenly felt as though she'd shrunk in her chair to the size of a toddler.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
According to De la Vega, she finds the shrunken books more approachable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The reel was shrunken through age and frayed, but otherwise in remarkable condition for something stashed in sun-heated attics for years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Employment growth has been sluggish for a year, due less to weaker demand for workers than a shrunken supply as immigration dries up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
The individual beans, which resemble shrunken dates due to their wrinkly dark exterior, can also be microplaned to create a fine powder, according to a guide from Great British Chefs.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
She was so shrunken, so skeletal, so clearly very, very ill.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A shrinking population and an ageing workforce is another reason Beijing is in a hurry to revolutionise its factories.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Supreme Court has directed states to prevent the blockage of elephant corridors -- routes used by herds to move between rapidly shrinking habitats -- and ordered a survey to identify obstructions along those routes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The line between targeted personalization and regulatory risk is shrinking for brand strategists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 2020, DirecTV and AT&T struck a deal with Charter, not so much to liberate Dodgers fans as to help the parties maintain a shrinking base of subscribers amid a proliferation of video options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
While the grey light lasted, they cowered under a black stone like worms, shrinking, lest the winged terror should pass and spy them with its cruel eyes.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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