Reported extremely stupid reductions in size (5)

I believe the answer is:

dents

(Other definitions for dents that I've seen before include "Tends towards small depressions" , "Tends to create small depressions" , "reductions in size" , "Tends towards small depression" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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