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While check usage has continued to dwindle, experts say they still have a foothold in the modern economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

If consumers pull back further as tax returns dwindle and gas prices remain elevated, those lofty expectations could become simply unrealistic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Now he’s watched the Lakers’ seemingly insurmountable three-games-to-none series lead dwindle to 3-2 after a 99-93 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

"If that trend continued, you'd potentially see your site traffic almost dwindle to nothing."

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

Here is the great secret, the great mystery to an immigrant’s success, the dwindle of irredeemable hours beneath the cheap tube lights.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

As the number of workers dwindles, he thinks that wages for young people will rise, leading more people to enter the labor force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

But chances of finding anyone alive beneath deep rubble dwindles rapidly after a critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped people.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

Alternatively, gulls may be relying on human leftovers for much of the year as the natural food supply dwindles.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

"Do we grow stronger sitting here? Our host dwindles every day."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The DCG "gradually became less active as security assistance to Pakistan dwindled", said Shuja Nawaz, Atlantic Council fellow and author of "The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood".

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

By the two-year anniversary of the bombing, the full-time task force of 120 investigators—who had interviewed nearly 5,000 individuals and pursued leads in 38 states and three countries—had dwindled to several detectives.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Putnam wrote that as regular social engagement and recreation dwindled, so did participation in daily civic life.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

The trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic closures led to even greater challenges for the city’s theater community as sales to live shows continued to plummet, arts grants were canceled and audiences dwindled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Reform synagogue in my part of town, which my family attended, struggled along for years as its congregation dwindled, before it finally shut its doors in 2011.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Coast Guard suspended its active search based on the extensive efforts already conducted and the dwindling probability of locating a survivor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Some Iranian officials feared dwindling supplies posed a risk of social unrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Bitcoin’s retreat has hammered the company’s stock price, leaving Strategy with a dwindling number of options to raise more cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Gore soberly presented the earth’s dwindling ice, rising seas and increasingly violent weather.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

Soon the dwindling company, following the Isen, turned west and rode through the Gap into the waste lands beyond, and then they turned northwards, and passed over the borders of Dunland.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien