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shrinkage

[shring-kij] / ˈʃrɪŋ kɪdʒ /


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The same shrinkage happened for workers in their late 20s, but on a smaller scale.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Small studies suggest these sprays may help memory or reduce brain shrinkage, but delivery methods remain a challenge.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

And, he wondered, given balance-sheet expansion that mainly works through financial markets, what if they respond poorly to further shrinkage?

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

The law’s goal of promoting national self-sufficiency in shipbuilding has been met with fleet shrinkage.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

There are in general machine work four kinds of fit, as follow: The working or sliding fit; the driving fit; the hydraulic press fit; and the shrinkage fit.

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

"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

This is much to be regretted, but retrenchment was enforced by revenue shrinkages and the dislocation temporarily caused by federal union.

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




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