shrank

Example Sentences

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Key details: New orders shrank for the third month in a row, offsetting a small bump in production in November.

From MarketWatch

China's factory activity shrank for an eighth straight month in November, official data showed Sunday, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains subdued despite a trade truce with the United States.

From Barron's

Not so much for food but everything else — housing costs exploded, employer coverage for healthcare shrank, college costs became crippling and transportation costs rose.

From MarketWatch

“It’s the equivalent of the airplane. It shrank the world.”

From Science Magazine

But when the Great Recession hit, ad sales swooned and the staff shrank by about a third.

From Los Angeles Times