shrinkage

Example Sentences

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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

There are several causes for the yield shrinkage, one being the big share price increases in recent years that pushed yields lower.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

"Our materials could withstand 20 times more pressure compared to those produced with previous methods, while exhibiting only 20% shrinkage versus 60-90%," says PhD student and first author Yiming Ji.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025

But in many cases the work cannot be taken to an hydraulic press, and shrinkage becomes the best means.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua