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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
