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dwindle

[dwin-dl] / ˈdwɪn dl /


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But go back earlier, and the talk starts to dwindle.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Many MAGA-centered merchandise retailers and their suppliers are seeing sales dwindle, according to interviews with wholesalers, sales representatives, business owners and employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

But this year the Rockies had the least snow on record, and they’ve watched springs dry up and creeks dwindle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ranchers, meanwhile, are seeing their hay supplies dwindle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The reserves of grain I had put by began to dwindle despite my care.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

But a lack of seeds and other food for mice might mean that prey dwindles over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Markets are focused on the rupee as it dwindles toward the psychological breakwater of 100 to the dollar.

From Barron's ● May 21, 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

A great stair should lead to something great, but this one dwindles away in the upper stories without fulfilling its mighty promise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

The crowd around him quickly dwindles to only a few people wandering up and down the pathway.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

With far less snowmelt than usual feeding the Colorado River, inflows dwindled, and the second-largest reservoir in the United States fell to record-low levels in late August and early September.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Except my little freezer stash of homemade breakfast burritos had also dwindled to nothing, and I knew exactly what Monday morning would look like without some intervention: Wake up.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Traditionally, the Rand Refinery processed gold from big South African mines, but output from the country—once the world’s No. 1 producer—has dwindled in recent decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

According to Gus Hall’s obituary in the New York Times in 2000, Communist Party enrollment “had dwindled to about 3,000, down from a peak of about 66,000 in 1939.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Without Shawn as foreman, Dad’s construction business dwindled.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Gundlach Bundschu’s announcement follows several other California wineries that have cited difficulties as the industry struggles with dwindling demand, the trade war and natural disasters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Some condominium HOAs have run into trouble recently, as MarketWatch has reported, in part due to skyrocketing insurance costs and dwindling financial reserves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The switch has been spurred by dwindling stocks of Atlantic mackerel after years of overfishing, with its Chilean counterpart more sustainable and a third of the cost.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

This week we’ll tell you about that new strategy for schools that are fighting to fill their freshman classes from a dwindling pipeline of applicants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

All that remained was a dwindling light astern, and soon enough that would be gone as well.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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