shrank

Example Sentences

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Medics were unable to completely remove her tumours but one shrank with radiotherapy.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

A tumbling stock price, however, shrank the value of those holdings by $2.4 billion last year, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Interest costs are already eating up some 20% of state revenue, de Sousa adds, though Petro’s government temporarily shrank that through a short-term “liability management exercise.”

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

That number shrank to 9,643 the next year and 2,126 in 1992, before sinking to as few as a few dozen per year in the early 2000s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

As the adults continued their gloomy conversation and Zalmay played with a handheld video game, Fadi shrank back into the fading brown leather seat.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai