diminishing
- present participle of diminish.
Example Sentences
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“Washington appears to have reached the point where more of the same was producing diminishing returns,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, wrote in a weekend note.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
Aiyar believes the movement has tapped into broader anxieties over a slowing economy, scarce jobs and a deepening sense that the future offers diminishing opportunities.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Shared irritation helps, but with diminishing returns: A delayed ferry creates conversation; a broken ferry creates rage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
But more than that, it obscures the reality and erases the history of transgender lives by diminishing the significant time, money, and effort many transgender people spend to align their body with their sex.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
There used to be more of them, but they seem to be diminishing.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
