shrinkage
Example Sentences
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Shrinkage for total retail sales in 2022 reached $112.1 billion, up from $93.9 billion in losses in 2021, according to a study released Tuesday by trade group National Retail Federation.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
Shrinkage can also be attributed to product damage, theft or loss of goods by employees or vendor fraud.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
Shrinkage of mainstream journalists' jobs in the past 10 years: 27% to 33%.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2010
Laxalt also discovered the Shrinkage Phenomenon, a mysterious effect that diminishes prospects' stature as soon as they enter the race.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shrinkage was at right angles to the grain; hence, for fixed linear stability wood was as good as brass.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
Vocabulary lists containing shrinkage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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