shrinkage
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The rate of glacier shrinkage has been increasing globally since the 1990s and at a particularly accelerated rate since 2000, according to the European Commission's monitoring body Copernicus.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In contrast, those who continued playing their instruments did not show the same drop in memory performance or the same degree of putamen shrinkage.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
Three patients had complete tumor clearance and the majority of responders saw more than 50% tumor shrinkage.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Early results presented at a cancer research conference showed tumor shrinkage and slowed disease progression in patients who had few other options.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The enlarged Australian consumption has been a factor in the shrinkage of numbers, but the large increase in prices fully compensated the owners for the diminished numbers of their herds.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
"Typically, it will suffer about five to 10% volume expansion or shrinkages," Wang said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
There were deeper ones during the mid-70s, early-80s and the 2008 Financial Crisis that all resulted in shrinkages in the economy for two years in a row.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
The study revealed Sapria and Balanophora have lost 38 per cent and 28 per cent of their genomes respectively, while evolving to become holoparasitic -- record shrinkages for flowering plants.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
“And a majority of States forbid age discrimination by political subdivisions of any size. . . . No untoward service shrinkages have been documented.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2018
And my rather extensive lands, what with shrinkages and mortgages, with wages, pensions, subscriptions, and general expenses,—I doubt if they yield a net income of fifteen hundred a year.
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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