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This is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that something has been decreasing in size over a period of time. For example: "The size of North American fish populations has been getting smaller since the 1980s due to overfishing."
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"Our FM coverage area has been getting smaller and smaller and smaller," he said.
The spikes have been getting smaller over the decades, especially since their 90s heydays, when Del Boy and Rodney at Sotheby's set the record at 1,600 megawatts, half the capacity of the new nuclear power station planned for Hinkley Point.
The leak of the audiotape has caused protests around the country since Sept. 17, but the crowds have been getting smaller.
Things have been getting smaller.
But the study also points to some worrisome trends: Since 2011 the lag time has increased by 2 to 3 years, and the tusks have been getting smaller.
It has been getting gushing reviews since.
Since 2006, schools in both Low and Mid Poverty Districts have also been getting smaller, while High Poverty Schools have been getting larger.
But the golden eggs are getting smaller: production has fallen by over 40% since 1999, to around 2.5m barrels of oil equivalent per day, and Britain now ranks 17th in the world list of oil and gas producers.
Over the past 20 years biologists studying this primitive breed, which has not changed much since the Bronze Age, have noticed that the sheep are getting smaller.
Small farms are getting smaller still.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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