Five years after skyrocketing fuel prices and turmoil in financial markets knocked auto makers into a tailspin, the U.S. market has recovered to its former size and character. (news-to-use.com)
The Contemporary Christian Music industry has shrunk to a third of its former size. (firstthings.com)
When what was then «Christendom» disintegrated from internal weaknesses which Christianity did not fully remedy, and by pressures from invaders, it shrank to about half its former size. (religion-online.org)