Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective gradually decreasing until little remains.
- noun the act or process of becoming gradually less until little remains.
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- verb Present participle of
dwindle . - adjective that is
declining
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a becoming gradually less
- adjective gradually decreasing until little remains
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Examples
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BLOCK: Tom, hes also - General Conway is also juxtaposing that reality that he's describing on the ground of U.S. troops being there for years with what he called dwindling support for the war among the U.S. public.
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BLOCK: Tom, hes also - General Conway is also juxtaposing that reality that he's describing on the ground of U.S. troops being there for years with what he called dwindling support for the war among the U.S. public.
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Market consensus that Russian palladium stockpiles are dwindling is also giving the precious metal a boost.
Gold Rises on Renewed Currency, Inflation Fears Tatyana Shumsky 2010
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The Norse lasted in Greenland only about five hundred years, slowly dwindling from the historic record until they were forgotten.
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The target will be the mighty moose, which has for too long roamed our northern forests in dwindling numbers with impunity.
A Better Way to Judge the Candidates | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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The fact that MSM audiences in all media are dwindling is a direct challenge to that validation.
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Despite the long-term dwindling readership currently hovering around 30,000, the new management team see a glittering future for the trusted brand - said to be the Queen's favoured read - with plans to roll out into other services such as insurance and travel.
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Despite the long-term dwindling readership currently hovering around 30,000, the new management team see a glittering future for the trusted brand - said to be the Queen's favoured read - with plans to roll out into other services such as insurance and travel.
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So what’s with these diehard activists, who still show up dutifully, though in dwindling numbers, outside the Federal building on Ridge-McIntire every Thursday, taking the insults right along with the approving honks?
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So what’s with these diehard activists, who still show up dutifully, though in dwindling numbers, outside the Federal building on Ridge-McIntire every Thursday, taking the insults right along with the approving honks?
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