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dwindle
/ˈdwɪndl/ verb [I]Definition
› to gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level: dwindle from sth to sth The municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000. dwindling funds/resources/stocks Companies are having recruitment difficulties as they battle it out for a dwindling number of skilled staff.
(Definition of dwindle verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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