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shrinkage

[shring-kij] / ˈʃrɪŋ kɪdʒ /


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The shrinkage follows lackluster economic performance in 2025, which plummeted the company’s shares by 25% in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Economic data showed an increase in industrial output and less shrinkage in durable goods orders than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Despite potential equity valuation shrinkage for software firms, Golub anticipates they will continue to repay lenders.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Importantly, the increased risk was not explained by overall brain shrinkage or damage to white matter.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

This increase chiefly arose from the heavier duties levied under the protectionist Customs tariff of 1888; but in 1889-90 there was an almost equivalent shrinkage in both Customs and total revenue.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland