shrink from
phrasal verb
shrank from or shrunk from; shrunk from or shrunken from; shrinking from; shrinks from
: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)
He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.
She won't shrink from the task.
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In some areas, the once-dominant reeds have shrunk from covering 80 percent of the region in 2012 to just 25 percent in 2022, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The Astron effectively kicked off what people now call the quartz crisis: a period during the 1970s that saw around 1,000 Swiss watch companies go belly-up and the industry’s workforce shrink from 90,000 to below 30,000 by the end of the decade.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
In Wisconsin, third-party votes actually shrunk from both 2016 and 2020.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Illinois is one of only three states to see its population shrink from 2010 to 2020, and our state’s population losses accelerated between 2022 and 2023.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The Astron effectively kicked off what people now call the quartz crisis: a period during the 1970s that saw around 1,000 Swiss watch companies go belly-up and the industry’s workforce shrink from 90,000 to below 30,000 by the end of the decade.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
In Wisconsin, third-party votes actually shrunk from both 2016 and 2020.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Illinois is one of only three states to see its population shrink from 2010 to 2020, and our state’s population losses accelerated between 2022 and 2023.
—Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Shrink from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrink%20from. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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