DWINDLED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

dwindled

verb

past tense of dwindle

as in reduced

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing

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to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in

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Recent Examples of dwindled Sales of all versions of the Escape were down 85% as its supplies of the car on dealers’ lots dwindled. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 It's celebrated as an opportunity for southeast Iowa, an area along the Mississippi River that once thrived as a hub for industry but has since suffered from shuttered facilities and dwindled populations. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 It’s celebrated as an opportunity for southeast Iowa, an area along the Mississippi River that once thrived as a hub for industry but has since suffered from shuttered facilities and dwindled populations. — Hannah Fingerhut, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 The venue’s promotion of the shows dwindled as the country’s foreign ministry and political figures began to speak out about the rap mogul’s history of antisemitism. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 China has started limiting exports of refined products again as its own inventories of crude oil and refined products have dwindled. — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Demand for film facilities in Southern California has sharply fallen as production has dwindled in recent years. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Over the years, Vamarr Hunter’s visits to the bakery dwindled. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Even as military budgets have increased, the defense industrial base has dwindled. — George Whittier, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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To help pay for its tax cuts, the act reduced Medicaid payments by a trillion dollars over the next decade, though it was designed to delay the full impact of the cuts until 2027, after this year’s elections.

— Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
The agency reduced service earlier this year and has proposed more cuts in recent board meetings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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This means any slowdown in the labor market could create a more serious consumption problem, with the same households facing slower income growth and decreased access to credit.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
And the number of young people who stayed on medication for six months — already quite low — may have actually decreased.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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That is quite far apart from the commercial industry, which actually stands to be diminished by these policy reforms.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
By raw numbers, net domestic out-migration of Californians to other states continues even as the California exodus overall has diminished in strength.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Questions about security failures But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsided

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While most of the deals vanished at midnight, a few are still good, including price cuts on the latest MacBooks, killer productivity PCs, and more.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
However, in the 7th century, this all vanished; the temples were abandoned and later looted, and Kea never again revived its trade or harbor settlements.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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