shrunk

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The river has shrunk dramatically since 2000 in a megadrought that scientists say is probably the most severe in 1,200 years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

The AI is so quick and accurate at detecting cases among the 80,000 women who get screened here a year that waiting lists at Dembrower’s radiology department have shrunk dramatically.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

River recalled that "she just shrunk and shrunk until it was like watching an impersonator trying to be my sister from memory."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

And Vogue’s legendarily thick September issue has shrunk from 840 pages in 2006 to just 365 last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Four floors down, her doctor, shrunk to child size, sits on the lawn.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez