dwindle
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The question is whether price increases accelerate as inventory sources dwindle.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
"Because they're seabirds, they have one egg every year, and if they don't get those birds away, the numbers are going to dwindle very, very quickly."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Analysts say that most large companies have two to four weeks of petrochemical inventories, but that is going to dwindle in late March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
One vision is bleak: The new crop will dwindle rapidly, leading to a depleted grove and possible extinction due to drought, a warming climate and the fire-enhancing effects of a century of fire suppression.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
What seemed like a lot of food now would dwindle to nothing in a matter of weeks.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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