dwindle
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But go back earlier, and the talk starts to dwindle.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead of watching the pile dwindle each month, they could focus on the guaranteed amount deposited into their bank account each month.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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
But if the crew broke apart and chose their own courses, their chances would dwindle to nothing.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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With hydropower accounting for 80 percent of production as of 2024, supply dwindles in the dry season from March to August.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
As AI models grow more sophisticated, the need for additional authoritative data on which to train them has become more urgent—even as the supply of undigested, commercially available writing dwindles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But a lack of seeds and other food for mice might mean that prey dwindles over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
Framed in the frosted glass panel, the squat outline waits, dwindles, and then disappears.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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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
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
That also means the potential for surprise has dwindled, too.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Free cash flow, which exceeded $12 billion in the first quarter, dwindled to less than $784 million, although it didn’t descend into negative territory as analysts had forecast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Its bottom was less stony and more earthy, and slowly its sides dwindled to mere banks.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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League play usually results in a dwindling in unbeaten teams along with this weekend’s final nonleague schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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
Repeated closures of parking in Market Square by the commissioners in previous years was cited by her as a significant reason for shop closures due to dwindling footfall in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The dwindling availability of Iranian barrels is also reshaping regional trade, with China increasingly turning to alternative suppliers including Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But I can sit here with my dwindling days and look at what I think is important in life.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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