shrinkage
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The nonprofit Stand Up for Stand Up posted a detailed breakdown of the data that outlines a 66% shrinkage in the SiriusXM Raw channel roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
The scans showed that fish oil supplements did not slow shrinkage of the hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory that is commonly used as a marker of brain aging and Alzheimer's risk.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Three patients had complete tumor clearance and the majority of responders saw more than 50% tumor shrinkage.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The Kala-tso evidently at one time came right up to this ruined town of Khetam, and the fact that it is deserted now is probably due to the shrinkage of the lake.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
"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
There were shrinkages of one kind and another, and living had grown much more expensive and luxurious.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
Vocabulary lists containing shrinkage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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