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Discover LudwigThe phrase "shrink slightly" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It describes the act of becoming smaller or decreasing in size by a small amount. One example of using this phrase could be: "The company's profits are expected to shrink slightly in the next quarter due to increased competition."
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Yet the suitor's own sales are expected by analysts to shrink slightly this year.
As a result, earnings per share will actually shrink slightly, despite the booming market for smartphones.
The achievement gap for blacks also appeared to shrink slightly in the city.
Leave to rest and shrink slightly, then re-roll back to the proper size.
Then, too, with the faculty expected to shrink slightly in coming years, bringing in more women will be more difficult.
Further estimates published this week suggest that the additional tax take will shrink slightly to £810m in 2019-20.
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Others in their row shrank slightly away.
In 2008 the economy shrank slightly.
Southern dialect patterns, by contrast, are "shrinking slightly," he said.
Nonetheless, the black-white pay gap has shrunk slightly.
Indeed, boards generally may even be shrinking slightly.
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