shrinkage

The rate of glacier shrinkage has been increasing globally since the 1990s and at a particularly accelerated rate since 2000, according to the European Commission's monitoring body Copernicus.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

And, he wondered, given balance-sheet expansion that mainly works through financial markets, what if they respond poorly to further shrinkage?

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The law’s goal of promoting national self-sufficiency in shipbuilding has been met with fleet shrinkage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

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

There are in general machine work four kinds of fit, as follow: The working or sliding fit; the driving fit; the hydraulic press fit; and the shrinkage fit.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

"Typically, it will suffer about five to 10% volume expansion or shrinkages," Wang said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025

There were deeper ones during the mid-70s, early-80s and the 2008 Financial Crisis that all resulted in shrinkages in the economy for two years in a row.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024

The study revealed Sapria and Balanophora have lost 38 per cent and 28 per cent of their genomes respectively, while evolving to become holoparasitic -- record shrinkages for flowering plants.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

“And a majority of States forbid age discrimination by political subdivisions of any size. . . . No untoward service shrinkages have been documented.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2018

Hickory, young oak, especially red oak Up to 10 The figures are the average of radial and tangential shrinkages.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes