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as in reducing
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 decreasing
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 dwindling
As other towns and cities across the United Kingdom see their high streets dwindling, Solihull’s retail and hospitality sector is booming.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Which is to say that a significant chunk of live inventory—including as many as three Finals series between 2026 and 2036—has been remanded to the ever-dwindling media platform that is cable.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In its announcement, the archdiocese pointed to dwindling Mass attendance.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Making up for the dwindling number of orders from labels are artists themselves, turning to Jewel Box to commemorate their own streaming achievements.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
In her decades-long career, Goodall used her experience and fame to raise awareness to the dwindling chimpanzee populations and also the perils of environmental destruction.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
That human labor is also a dwindling resource, especially in entomology.
—Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
After sixty-six years of authoritarian rule, the only thing that the Cuban government offers its dwindling population is more of the same.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Which is to say that a significant chunk of live inventory—including as many as three Finals series between 2026 and 2036—has been remanded to the ever-dwindling media platform that is cable.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In its announcement, the archdiocese pointed to dwindling Mass attendance.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
Making up for the dwindling number of orders from labels are artists themselves, turning to Jewel Box to commemorate their own streaming achievements.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
In her decades-long career, Goodall used her experience and fame to raise awareness to the dwindling chimpanzee populations and also the perils of environmental destruction.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025
In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
That human labor is also a dwindling resource, especially in entomology.
—Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
After sixty-six years of authoritarian rule, the only thing that the Cuban government offers its dwindling population is more of the same.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwindling
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The findings have led to the development of potential medical treatments that scientists hope could cure autoimmune diseases, the committee said, as well as providing more effective cancer treatments and reducing complications after stem cell and organ transplants.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Research has shown the benefits of exercise in mitigating the effects of aging by increasing blood flow to the brain and reducing the risk of chronic conditions, such as heart disease.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
6 Oct. 2025
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, behind lung cancer, although death rates have been decreasing over the last three decades.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The fabric was woven with regenerative cotton from Spain and dyed with Candiani’s Indigo Juice technology, which keeps the dye superficial on yarns, decreasing the energy, water, and chemicals consumption.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
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This film marries the two, as modern macro economics lead people to abandon fertile lands in search of work in urban cities, depleting the white storks’ natural food supply as farms become landfills.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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As a sign of the effort’s feasibility, the statement points to similar international resolutions that established red lines in other dangerous arenas, like prohibitions on biological weapons or ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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Football, it could be argued, is diminishing its worth by almost never taking a break and playing virtually year-round.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Risks of multivitamins Many of us grew up striving for 100% on every test, but overachieving with multivitamins comes with risk—diminishing their benefits or causing harmful side effects.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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During the recent measles outbreak centered in Texas, the Pandemic Center’s data contradicted Kennedy’s assertions that the crisis was subsiding, Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center, told me.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Schools are facing mounting challenges — from funding pressures to declining enrollment and stagnant student achievement.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Low midsingle-digit gains are anticipated due to rising prices from tariffs and inflation, declining consumer confidence, economic uncertainties and potential stockouts.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Trump insists that trillions in new investment are flowing in, the trade deficit is shrinking, and the nation is flush enough to consider mailing out checks.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Most pressing is inflation – but there’s also Japan’s demographic crisis, with a rapidly aging population, falling birthrate, shrinking workforce, and growing costs of elder care and welfare.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Despite Hurricane Humberto vanishing off the map and Post-Tropical Cyclone Imelda safely out to sea, there’s no breather for the Atlantic this October.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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But those scraps of goodwill may be vanishing.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Dwindling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwindling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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