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"shrinking number" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when referring to a decreasing or decreasingly smaller amount or quantity of something. Example: The shrinking number of students in the school has forced the administration to consider merging with another institution.
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Consider the shrinking number of telephone lines.
There were several people of my rank for a shrinking number of positions.
If there are further cuts in Medicare reimbursements, that already shrinking number will dwindle further.
Some point to news outlets' financial struggles, and the shrinking number of journalists conducting immersive stories.
Some succeed but, because of the shrinking number of mid-skilled jobs, many do not.
The senators also sounded concerns on Tuesday about the shrinking number of voting-machine makers.
Dan spent some of his time with a shrinking number of his former high-school friends.
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Black children then had to depend on an ever-shrinking number of poorly financed services.
"It's an ever-shrinking number of original riders who can come back".
The Mustang GT is one of an ever-shrinking number of new cars at any price to offer this pleasure.
The Mustang GT is one of an ever-shrinking number of new cars at any price that offer this pleasure.
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