shrank

Example Sentences

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Canada’s economy shrank as it closed out 2025, yet still managed to show resilience against the U.S. administration’s protectionist shift.

From The Wall Street Journal

He shrank ministries, lifted price controls and widened the peso’s trading bands, cooling triple-digit inflation and stabilizing markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Opal shrank back in the doorway, and Oswald the miller filled it up with his huge girth.

From Literature

From Cole’s perspective, even if Musk cut government contracts and shrank the federal workforce—which he did—he couldn’t meaningfully dent Social Security and Medicare benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in 2022-24 Antarctic sea ice shrank significantly, largely down to climate change, depriving the birds of safe places to moult.

From BBC