as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
she knew that her diet was working by the striking shrinkage of her waist
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Recent Examples of shrinkage
Summary Regular daytime napping might help slow down the aging process from natural brain shrinkage.
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Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
The University of Melbourne’s Nikolas Willmott and colleagues recently used micro-CT scans to spot brain shrinkage when the spiders were exposed to light at night.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Sudden weight loss can rapidly reduce facial fat, leading to changes such as skin shrinkage, sagging, and decreased elasticity.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
The Lone Star State's central and eastern counties saw the most significant growth during this period, with often dramatic population shrinkage in western counties.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2024
The University of Melbourne’s Nikolas Willmott and colleagues recently used micro-CT scans to spot brain shrinkage when the spiders were exposed to light at night.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Sudden weight loss can rapidly reduce facial fat, leading to changes such as skin shrinkage, sagging, and decreased elasticity.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024
The Lone Star State's central and eastern counties saw the most significant growth during this period, with often dramatic population shrinkage in western counties.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrinkage
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Only 25% of new car buyers are considering an EV for their next purchase, a 2% decrease from last year.Anshuman Tripathy, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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As the policy rate increases or decreases, variable mortgage rates are expected to rise or decline respectively.Reza Ghazi, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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In February, the company announced price reductions of as much as 55% on a wide range of core cloud products.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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For example, with the exception of the success in insulin price reduction, the IRA could disincentivize new drug development by placing price controls on some drug categories faster than others.Steve Brozak, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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If there’s been a dent in Lankinen’s armour all season, too, it’s been his save rate off of relatively low-danger chances, something the Pietrangelo goal served to highlight.Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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By the numbers: Smartwatches claim the vast majority of the wearables market, but smart rings are beginning to make a dent; Samsung debuted one in February and Apple was recently rumored to be working on one too.Erin Brodwin, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Therefore, a decline in estradiol during menopause can contribute to hypertension (high blood pressure).8 Sodium significantly affects hypertension.14 People with ovaries can be more sensitive to sodium during the menopause transition, which can lead to edema (fluid retention) in the limbs.Merve Ceylan, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
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Mercedes-Benz suffered a 9.8% decline, according to the state-run statistics institute INEGI.AFP, Fortune Asia, 27 Dec. 2024
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Last year, the mint issued 15.8 million British coins, a 90 percent drop from the year before.Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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But, after the first few drops started to be delivered to players, complaints started to roll in.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Shrinkage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrinkage. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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