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Keytruda is often given to patients after surgery to prevent the return of their cancer, but sometimes it’s administered to patients in advance of surgery to shrink the tumor.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

As Switzerland's glaciers continue to shrink irreversibly, the amount of meltwater they can provide will also decline, reducing a source of water that currently helps offset shortages during the warmer months.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

This approach runs a lower risk of the account ever depleting, because withdrawals shrink in years when markets are down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry expects the economy to shrink 3.6% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

I shrink down in my seat, trying to make myself smaller, hoping Sam’ll forget I’m there.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

But as the river shrinks, competition over what remains has intensified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Student loans, utilities, a car payment or credit-card balance shrinks that number even further.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

It was also associated with less enlargement of the brain's ventricles, fluid filled spaces that tend to grow as brain tissue shrinks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The boarding becomes more frantic as the window of opportunity shrinks.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

When Ma offered to teach him to read, Pa’d say, “Hard work shrinks your mind. Got no more room up here for book learning.”

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Years ago he shrank his own office to enlarge a lounge for a singer-songwriter who needed space to camp out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But she said the production and construction sectors shrank over the three-month period.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, the information sector shrank by 10,000 jobs in September.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 2025 -- one of the warmest years on record -- glaciers also shrank across all regions, even as groundwater levels in many parts of the world are in multi-year decline, it found.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

He shrank from her in horror and drove her out of his sight.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Australia stepped in with New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, with the number of teams involved shrunk from 16 to 10 to cut costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

"The window to respond has shrunk dramatically," said Matt Hull, VP of cyber intelligence and response at global cyber security company NCC Group.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A recent poll shows that 70% of Americans thought that a college education was “very important” in 2013, but that number has shrunk to 31% today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But that gap had shrunk to a solitary point by the time the drivers lined up for the last of 17 stages, bringing back painful memories of previous narrow misses for Evans.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Harry felt strangely diminished, as though he had shrunk a little since he had entered the room.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

According to De la Vega, she finds the shrunken books more approachable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

The reel was shrunken through age and frayed, but otherwise in remarkable condition for something stashed in sun-heated attics for years.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

On top of a degraded infrastructure, it would have to contend with a shrunken military and new threats such as drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

The individual beans, which resemble shrunken dates due to their wrinkly dark exterior, can also be microplaned to create a fine powder, according to a guide from Great British Chefs.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality, his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snakelike face vacant and unknowing.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But all-inclusive resorts have quietly transformed into luxury destinations, according to the note, with Michelin-starred chefs and yoga and wellness retreats, as the travel industry increasingly chases wealthier consumers to offset potentially shrinking profits.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

To cite a warning about shrinking water supply that experts in the West have been issuing for decades, “There is no soft landing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shrinking number of public companies and tight profit margins in the trading business have forced both exchanges to find new areas of focus, including fintech and data offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"With Japan's population shrinking by more than 900,000 a year... we have no choice but to rely on foreign workers," said Menju, a visiting professor at the Kansai University of International Studies.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Fig’s list of symptoms ran through my head: Hershey breath, never enough water in his bowl, shrinking appetite, and Sleeping Beauty syndrome.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas