Yielding to popular pressure, the government has steadily shrunk the culling radius.
In Gaza, where an Islamist Palestinian group, Hamas, has held sway since 2007, the tiny Christian population has steadily shrunk.
In 1996, a majority of Republicans claimed that the deficit had increased under Bill Clinton, when it had steadily shrunk instead.
CitiHoldings, created in 2009 as a home for such unwanted and noncore assets, has steadily shrunk over the last two years.
THE global stock of refugees, those who escape war or persecution by crossing a border, has steadily shrunk in recent years.
But the Republicans' redoubt of white voters — whites have backed the Republican nominee in every election since 1964 — has steadily shrunk from the combined effects of immigration and disparate birthrates.
While spending on Social Security and health care has ballooned over the last 20 years, the national defense budget has steadily shrunk.
The biggest strategic casualty - one that makes a mockery of Hillary Clinton's well-intentioned but poorly executed pivot - has been an America fleet that has steadily shrunk from a high of 600 ships during the Reagan years to under 300 ships today.
As in other Western countries, however, France's merchant fleet has steadily shrunk, largely because of the difficulty of competing with lower-cost carriers.
The most isolated tribes – the Tagaeri and Taromenane, who shun contact with the outside world – are in theory protected by the state, but their territory has steadily shrunk, which has led to increased conflict.
