shrinkage

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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

The sector’s shrinkage reflects years of yo-yo profitability and of returning gobs of cash to shareholders because companies lacked good reinvestment opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Despite potential equity valuation shrinkage for software firms, Golub anticipates they will continue to repay lenders.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The results -- which tracked people across a wide age range -- reveal that the link between brain shrinkage and memory decline is not simple or linear.

From Science Daily • Jan. 14, 2026

Moisture is forced from the thrombus in consequence of this shrinkage, and its dryness is increased by subsequent absorption through the wall to which it adheres.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various