shrank
Example Sentences
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The decline in the unemployment rate came with an asterisk: The labor force shrank by nearly 400,000 people, meaning fewer Americans were counted as unemployed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
While Huawei regained its position as the top seller of smartphones in China last year, the overall domestic market shrank in 2025, according to the US-based International Data Corporation.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
Industrial output fell 2.1% month-on-month in February, while the unemployment rate shrank to 2.6% from 2.7%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
That advantage shrank marginally after Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, providing a path to citizenship for millions.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
They shouldn’t have been able to fit inside those human-sized doors, but as the Cyclopes got close, their bodies distorted and shrank, the Doors of Death sucking them inside.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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