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as in compressed
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
the sweater will shrink a little when washed
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2
as in flinched
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust
shrinking back from the approaching flames
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as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses
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Recent Examples of shrank
Inevitably, the community has shrunk.
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Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
The company’s market capitalization has shrunk to $19 billion now, and a debt level of $13 billion implies a high debt to equity ratio of 68%.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Alternatively, available jobs shrank across many service sectors, including finance, and arts and entertainment.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
In video of one such photo shoot, the cub — smaller than a house cat — shrank back from the loud voices around him.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
BBLs can be shrunk, breast implants can be removed—but once your teeth get shaved down and fitted with veneers, part of your literal bones are gone.
—Katie Way, SELF, 30 Sep. 2024
And Italy has shrunk the proportion by only one percent.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2020
Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
The company’s market capitalization has shrunk to $19 billion now, and a debt level of $13 billion implies a high debt to equity ratio of 68%.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Alternatively, available jobs shrank across many service sectors, including finance, and arts and entertainment.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
In video of one such photo shoot, the cub — smaller than a house cat — shrank back from the loud voices around him.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
BBLs can be shrunk, breast implants can be removed—but once your teeth get shaved down and fitted with veneers, part of your literal bones are gone.
—Katie Way, SELF, 30 Sep. 2024
And Italy has shrunk the proportion by only one percent.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrank
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But with the air briefly trapped in a small space beneath the wing and the surface, it gets compressed, increasing the pressure below the wing and generating extra lift.New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
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Since then, digital transformation, steep competition and our collective appetite for innovation have dramatically compressed the product life cycle.Keith Yandell, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Of course, that snub hasn’t really diminished the Parkour Civilization phenomenon.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Expectations are diminished, contaminated by politics.Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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There, along the North Platte River in what is now Wyoming, the animal was felled by the arrow of a warrior named High Forehead, who may have been hungry.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The story claimed that two loggers felled a hollow tree and were shocked to find a body inside.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Tracker Remover and File Shredder vanished from the standalone antivirus at one point, but these two features are back.PCMAG, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
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Forests and grasslands will have vanished.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Shrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrank. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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