How to Use shrink from in a Sentence
shrink from
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The half-life of skills has shrunk from 30 years to just seven.
—Tarika Barrett, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
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In all of Britain, the number of companies has shrunk from 26 to 15 in the last decade.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
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Don't look for either team to shrink from the challenge.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
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The chart also shows that U.K. duties on U.S. goods will shrink from 5.1% to 1.8%.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 May 2025
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My weight shrunk from an already small size to just over 100 pounds.
—Raelle Kennedy, Health, 29 Apr. 2025
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Over the past few weeks, the year-to-date deficit has shrunk from 21% to 17%, according to Comscore.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 July 2024
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This guy does not shrink from the postseason spotlight, to say the least.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Over the past month or so, the year-to-date deficit has shrunk from 21% to 17%, according to Comscore.
—Variety, NBC News, 21 July 2024
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As hip-hop grew and rock radio faded, the spotlight shrank from the genre.
—Stuart Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
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The share of respondents who were unsure shrunk from 31% to 25%.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Since the Cold War, its force has shrunk from about five hundred and fifty surface ships to roughly half that.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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While Fesenko waits for the sappers to come, his staff has shrunk from 30 workers to three.
—Alice Martins, Washington Post, 28 May 2023
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The West, far from shrinking from the fight, rallies, with the United States decisively in the lead.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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The final scene is the group of shrinks from the beginning marveling at the crazy saga while riding in a boat together.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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With Catz’s exit, Disney’s board will shrink from 12 to 11 members.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2024
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The euro was the biggest loser, with its share in the basket shrinking from 37 percent to 31 percent.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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In part because of the conversion from pine to avocado trees, the rainy season has shrunk from around six months to three.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Under the proposal, the number of repayment plans would shrink from roughly a dozen to just two.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Yet for the reader, the book is clearly a cautionary tale about the cost of self-deception and the senselessness of shrinking from love.
—June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
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Samantha has watched her class at Wilcox Academy shrink from 22 to 13 students.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
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After this week’s tournament, the playoff field will shrink from 70 to 50 players.
—Dennis Esser, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
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Most other cities, surveyed by the report, also saw sales shrink from a year ago to varying extents.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
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Grinch should have been long gone before Sunday, and Riley isn’t the only one who has been shrinking from his duty.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023
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At the same time, Starbucks’ executive ranks shrunk from 54 people to 36.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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As the moon agitates the sun, insecurities prompt you to shrink from a debate.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Minority groups made up a smaller share of Texas buyers, shrinking from 30% to 23% of the market.
—Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 26 May 2023
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But less than three weeks after its release, the year-over-year domestic box office revenue deficit shrunk from 27% to 19%.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 28 July 2024
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Although the music is Rachmaninoff, big and Romantic, the dancers shrink from large gestures, wary-eyed.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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The do-over in The Gentlemen that improves on the original is the one that doubles down on its potential instead of shrinking from it.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
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No official reason was given for the move, which the company said would result in the board shrinking from 12 members to 11.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 July 2024
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