shrunk

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Mangum reported to spring training and learned that he had shrunk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Sydney-based AI consultant Conyngham told AFP that eight-year-old Rosie's mast cell cancer is now in partial remission and her biggest tumour has shrunk dramatically.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The mobile communication services operator’s equity base has shrunk to 52 billion baht this year from 107 billion baht last year, thanks to a large special dividend, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Like the angles I chose in photos, the way I shrunk myself to go unnoticed, the relief of a closed door.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

With husband and children now far away, her living space shrunk from a spacious house to a single room, her suitcase now her closet, Dorothy’s daily existence was reduced to its simplest elements.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly