dwindled

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Now, that number has dwindled to just 16%.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. presence has dwindled to around 36,000 troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The tit-for-tat escalation cooled off after Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to a one-year truce in October, but manufacturers at the bustling Guangdong market told AFP that US orders had dwindled.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

It was only 73% of average, then rapidly dwindled from there.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

By one estimate, its population dwindled to about three thousand—a third of what it had been seventy years earlier.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann