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[shringk] / ʃrɪŋk /




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Taken together, these cuts “would shrink the economy by $1 trillion compared with maintaining the 2025 level of R&D,” reckons the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a science and tech think tank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

But, as religious freedom activists point out, once the purge starts, the circle of who is considered an insider tends to shrink.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

As gravitational waves slowly shrink the orbit, they subtly alter the shape and motion of the caustic curve.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

As movie studios merge, budgets shrink and big jobs dry up, outside jobs are a financial reality for talent—and some present a hard-to-resist seven- or eight-figure allure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The poem is called “Still I Rise,” and even though Ms. Jacobs is staring at me like she read the poem just for me, I don’t shrink low in my seat.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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