shrinkage
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In men, the brain showed more shrinkage earlier in the disease’s progression — from normal cognitive health to mild cognitive impairment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The shrinkage follows lackluster economic performance in 2025, which plummeted the company’s shares by 25% in February.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Despite potential equity valuation shrinkage for software firms, Golub anticipates they will continue to repay lenders.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
The upshot is that officials eventually must decide when to resume purchases of securities to prevent further passive shrinkage of reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Various explanations have been given of this entire breaking down of the frame-work of society, but it was certainly coincident with a shrinkage in the volume of money, which was also without historical parallel.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
Vocabulary lists containing shrinkage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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