shrunk

Example Sentences

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The scientists said more than half of the world’s large lakes have shrunk since the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times

Compared with large companies, small ones tend to be more sensitive to domestic manufacturing, which has shrunk for years, and to higher tariff costs.

From Barron's

Since 2007 coal power generation in the US has shrunk by 64%, with last year's rise only the second in the last decade.

From BBC

Treasury yields rose as layoffs in the U.S., as measured by weekly jobless claims, remained at relatively low levels while the trade deficit unexpectedly shrunk.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her hands, which had become long and clawlike, had shrunk to their usual, ordinary shape.

From Literature