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Discover LudwigThe phrase "and a shrinking of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction or decrease in size, quantity, or extent of something.
Example: "The report highlighted the need for cost-cutting measures, including a shrinking of the workforce."
Alternatives: "and a reduction in" or "and a decrease in".
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We are also witnessing a mass-commercialisation of legal education, and a shrinking of the curriculum.
Periods of wetter climate resulted in a much expanded paleolake and a shrinking of the eastern lacustrine plain mosaic into a narrow zone.
Mr. Speyer said concern about the downward trend of stock prices and a shrinking of start-up technology companies known as dot-coms will exert a dampening effect on landlords' ability to increase rents.
That week, for instance, the government announced a sharp increase in the unemployment rate, to 6.5percentt in October from 6.1percentthehe previous month, and a shrinking of the overall economy.
That will already require a downsizing of the Army and Marines, the reduction or cancellation of more weapons systems and a shrinking of the Navy to its lowest size in decades.
The decline of the dollar is a sign of what may come if we allow the folly of tax cuts when what we really need is a huge influx of capital and a shrinking of our trade deficits.
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The key role of this work is that the fabrics surface is swelled by heated solvent (cyclohexane/heptane mixture) and then a shrinking of the polymeric chains is observed during the solvent evaporation process, leading the formation of submicron protuberances.
Gove's vision is elitist and unopposed to a shrinking of the sector.
The Republican plan includes a shrinking of Medicare and Medicaid and trillions of dollars in tax cuts, while sparing defense spending.
The mutations I113M and V123I appeared to cause a shrinking of the VP1 pocket, with the methionine residue pointing inside, suggesting a steric clash with the pocket factor.
"I think something fundamental has changed, a shrinking of possibility and ambition, that may be permanent," he said.
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