DWINDLING Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

dwindling

verb

Definition of dwindling next

present participle of dwindle

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 Kuras believes the crocodiles are attacking people more often because their primary food source –- fish –- is dwindling. —

Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 But that is rapidly dwindling too. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 May 2026 Epic Academy in South Shore is slated to close in June amid dwindling enrollment and financial woes. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 The decline started with the surge of charter schools more than 20 years ago, but officials now also attribute the falloff to dwindling birth rates, the growth of private school vouchers and immigration issues. —

Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026 Amazon has the excellent Samsung Galaxy S25+ for $210 off right now, but supplies are dwindling. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026 Global supplies are dwindling, while countries across the world are accelerating their push to cut back on fossil fuel consumption, whether by greening their grids or incentivizing EV uptake. —

Semafor Events, semafor.com, 22 May 2026 Space on the rides home What is returned from the ISS will ultimately be limited by how much room is available on the dwindling number of vehicles set to land, with cargo remaining in the program. —

ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026 Western states have struggled for years to divvy up the dwindling supply, and old agreements are expiring. —

Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 May 2026

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But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Although reducing carbon pollution, which stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, is key to tackling the climate crisis, slashing methane has been seen as something of a low-hanging fruit.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 May 2026