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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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While many areas are seeing visibility reduced to between one and three miles, patchy dense fog is reducing visibilities to as low as one quarter mile in spots.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Content licensing revenues decreased 27% to $59 million primarily due to the timing and availability of deliveries in the period.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The median sale price for detached homes remained flat at $650,000, while attached homes decreased by 3% to $388,220.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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Davie’s successor will inherit an organization wrestling with its place in a media ecosystem dominated by overseas tech giants, as well as battling enemies closer to home, with conservative politicians and media proprietors wishing to see the BBC diminished during charter renewal.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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The war diminished Iran’s deterrence capability and exposed the regime’s weakness.—
CNN Staff,
CNN Money,
9 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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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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 12 Jan. 2026.
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