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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
dwindle
/ˈdwɪndəl/
verb
To become smaller or fewer, little by little.
- “The village population dwindled as young people moved away.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))