shrunk
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Standing out against bigger competitors is why Ryan Lupberger, the co-founder and CEO of natural cleaning-product company Clean Cult, hasn’t raised prices in seven years, even though holding the line has shrunk his profit margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The gap between market-rate rents and affordable housing rents has shrunk, and not just in Portland.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Investor wariness of software is evident as the IGV ETF’s forward earnings multiple has shrunk from 28.6 to 23.6 since ChatGPT’s launch.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Similarly, Woody, who rode off into the sunset in the last entry and here returns with a weather-beaten bald spot, gets treated like a human grandpa shrunk down to doll-size.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
He had not gone far before he had shrunk again to a very small and frightened hobbit.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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