Sentence example with the word 'shrinkage'

shrinkage

ablation, corrosion, decrement, detraction, dissolution, emaciation, extraction, loss, retraction, shriveling, wastage, wearing away

Definition n. process or result of becoming less or smaller

Last update: August 28, 2015


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Buy a bigger shirt to allow shrinkage.   [Please select]

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Shrinkage caused a robust loss in the profit this year.   [Please select]

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The general experience of the decade of the 'eighties was that of disappointing summers, harsh winters, falling prices, declining rents and the shrinkage of land values.   [Please select]

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In making patterns for aluminum castings provision must be made for shrinkage to a greater extent than with any other metal or alloy.   [Please select]

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"To some extent, yes; but there could be no such shrinkage as this unless there was a leak in the tank."   [Please select]

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LOSS OF REVENUES The next most obvious element of weakness was the shrinkage of the revenues.   [Please select]

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It was as if hope had been a thing of avoirdupois, and when taken away had caused a shrinkage.   [Please select]

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Is it by way of punishment that Turkey is to undergo such shrinkage, or is it because justice demands it.   [Please select]

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If too great shrinkage occurs, the place may be blown out gently after reheating.   [Please select]

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It dries better and more easily than heartwood, usually with less shrinkage and little checking or honeycombing.   [Please select]

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE XIV | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | SPECIFIC GRAVITY, AND SHRINKAGE OF 51 AMERICAN WOODS | | (Forest Service Cir.)   [Please select]

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