dwindle

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to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number:

dwindle to The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.

Her hopes of success in the race dwindled last night as the weather became worse.

to become less in number or smaller:

The community had dwindled to a tenth of its former size.

to gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level:

dwindle from sth to sth The municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000.

dwindling funds/resources/stocks

Companies are having recruitment difficulties as they battle it out for a dwindling number of skilled staff.