Example sentences for: shrinking

How can you use “shrinking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Blair has finally achieved what Tony Crosland wrote about 40 years ago--that Labor could not be a class party (after all, the working class was shrinking in a post-industrial world); he has made it a "middle-class" party.

  • The drive to freeze out competition can be seen most obviously in the new mergers and alliances that are shrinking the number of airlines serving any one airport.

  • According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, and a study sponsored by the US Agency for International Development, the number of health care workers in many African countries is actually shrinking as they are lured to developed countries by better pay and professional opportunities (Box 1) [2,3].

  • The magazine could also break even by raising subscription prices and shrinking the number of subscribers.

  • The rate most journalists are talking about is the federal funds rate, which is the interest rate the Federal Reserve raises or lowers in order, in theory, to speed up or slow down the economy by increasing or shrinking the size of the U.S. money supply and indirectly raising or lowering interest rates on things like car and home loans (since banks pass along changes in interest rates to their customers).


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