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as in to reduce
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 to diminish
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 dwindle
But dwindling numbers of people have headed there in recent decades.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Last year, about 120 people applied to be one of six torchbearers for Israel’s annual Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day; this year, Yad Vashem received only 75 applicants—a reflection of the dwindling number of survivors.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
Financial stability became a challenge over the last decade as attendance declined and donations dwindled, with the problems only further exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Wild horses have roamed the Galician mountains for centuries, playing a crucial role in fire prevention by curbing flammable undergrowth – but their numbers are dwindling as human development clashes with nature.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
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Guided by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump administration has moved aggressively the past week to fire probationary workers across federal departments and agencies in an effort to drastically reduce the size of the government.—
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An extra set of eyes and ears helps reduce the odds of injury.—
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Although his output had diminished, from an availability and form perspective, Villa valued him higher than Douglas Luiz or Diaby and with greater scope for improvement.—
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This has less to do with a diminishing talent pool than a changing industry where the lines between Corman’s world and Hollywood at large became more sharply drawn.—
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Africa’s lion population has decreased by nearly half over the past quarter century, according to the African Wildlife Foundation, and the lion is regionally extinct in 15 African countries.—
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In other second-quarter statistics, there was a 50.9 percent gross margin rate, representing an increase of 110 basis points year-over-year; inventory decreased 1.3 percent last quarter to 404.6 million euros.—
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By most measures, political violence subsided after January 2021, in part because hundreds of participants in the January 6 attack were convicted and imprisoned.—
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Ultimately, the north winds subsided and hundreds of firefighters and volunteers got the fire under control.—
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Industrial farming techniques often prioritize short-term yields over long-term sustainability, depleting nutrients and organic matter essential for healthy soils.—
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In January 2024 Julian Gressel left for Inter Miami in free agency, depleting the squad of a versatile and creative veteran.—
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Another recent poll shows declining confidence, specifically in Republican individuals, in health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.—
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But the declining value of the beloved buck makes the math easier.—
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Eventually, the item vanished from the State Department's procurement document.—
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Now with all these things vanished, along with the bookstores and repertory cinemas, the city seems impoverished and disfigured.—
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Good news for green energy The cost of a utility-scale solar panels has fallen 82% since 2010, according to the the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.—
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Just like this claim, the others will fall apart because there is no truth to them.—
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“Dwindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwindle. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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