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as in reduced
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing
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as in decreased
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in
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Recent Examples of dwindled
On Friday, their options dwindled to none, and their chances for a blockbuster trade were thrown into disarray.
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Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Bay Area’s decades-long role as the primary engine of California’s economy appears to have dwindled, warned Michael Bernick, an employment attorney with law firm Duane Morris and a former director of California’s labor agency.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Over the last decade, the number of stores at the mall has dwindled.
—Angela Palermo
january 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
That likely will see merchants pass on price hikes in the coming days for goods directly on to consumers, whose life savings already have dwindled over years of international sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The amount of revenue the city expects to generate from parking fees and permits in Balboa Park has steadily dwindled since the plan was first announced last spring.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
The number of troops slowly dwindled until just several hundred were left.
—Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
The number of troops slowly dwindled until just several hundred were left.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
But, months later, Rite Aid’s store count dwindled and competitors like CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens bought up its pharmacy operations.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Bay Area’s decades-long role as the primary engine of California’s economy appears to have dwindled, warned Michael Bernick, an employment attorney with law firm Duane Morris and a former director of California’s labor agency.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Over the last decade, the number of stores at the mall has dwindled.
—Angela Palermo
january 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
That likely will see merchants pass on price hikes in the coming days for goods directly on to consumers, whose life savings already have dwindled over years of international sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
The amount of revenue the city expects to generate from parking fees and permits in Balboa Park has steadily dwindled since the plan was first announced last spring.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
The number of troops slowly dwindled until just several hundred were left.
—Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
The number of troops slowly dwindled until just several hundred were left.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Jan. 2026
But, months later, Rite Aid’s store count dwindled and competitors like CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens bought up its pharmacy operations.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwindled
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The defendants' sentences were reduced because they were abused by the victims, in accordance with the New York Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, legislation that Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney criticized.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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The report points out that keyboards and computers reduced the need for handwriting, and calculators automated basic math.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2026
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While the short-term base rate decreased thanks to cuts from the Fed last year, analysts are widely expecting the base rate to decrease at a slower pace in the New Year.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
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When eccentricity decreased, the climate shifted toward drier conditions.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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What happens when these cues are greatly diminished or erased either by plastic surgery or other aesthetic interventions?—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
15 Jan. 2026
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The prestige of its domestic institutions, once a pillar of American hegemony, has diminished.—
Pratap Bhanu Mehta,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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In the two weeks since the Justice Department failed to fully meet a legal deadline to release its expansive tranche of files on Jeffrey Epstein, old conspiracy theories about his life and death have subsided and new ones have taken shape.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
2 Jan. 2026
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As entheogenic effects subsided, the digital-age healer pulled out her iPhone and showed me photos from her recent trip home.—
María Cristina Lalonde,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Dec. 2025
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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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Specialized districts, from meatpacking to printing, didn’t disappear because demand vanished.—
Parin Moradiya,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Prices of basic goods like cooking oil and chicken dramatically spiked overnight, and some products vanished all together.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Dwindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwindled. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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