shrinkage

• By about 35\% or so:That bunny shrinkage translates into 4oz of hand-harvested angora wool, waiting patiently for me to spin it up.
• Part of her wondered if the shrinkage was real or merely an artifact of her wishful thinking. —  Rachel Lee - Shadows of Destiny
• Caught up in the paradox of continuous expansion and shrinkage, the muscles grow weaker and the hole of the stomach ever greater. —  Superfluities Redux
• Throughout all this economic shrinkage, the Internet will continue to grow, though at a far more constrained pace. eMarketer projects online ad spending will rise 8. 9\% in 2009, after an already ratcheted-down rate of 11. 3\% in 2008. —  eMarketer Articles
• To prevent this shrinkage, the wet cloth would be placed on a large wooden frame, a "tenter", and left to dry outside. —  Pam Holland Designs and Productions

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