shrinkage

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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

The sector’s shrinkage reflects years of yo-yo profitability and of returning gobs of cash to shareholders because companies lacked good reinvestment opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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

It is evident, therefore, that to obtain a uniform degree of shrinkage throughout the length of a piece of timber, it should be sawn as near as possible parallel with the grain of the log.

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