shrink
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But as they race ahead to advance AI-powered tools that can generate text, images and code, workers are anxious that businesses will automate tasks and shrink their workforce workforces.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
This strong slowing effect allows the structure to shrink dramatically while still trapping light efficiently, resulting in a layer more than a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Some think that it will take tens of thousands of new jobs a month to avoid a rise in unemployment; others believe that the job market could actually shrink without leaving more willing workers sidelined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In the longer run, the labor force could continue to shrink.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The eyes shrink back as the hand comes, then they lose their stare, the eyelids droop lower, the tension is past.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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