diminishing
- present participle of diminish.
Example Sentences
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Foulkes said outboards could get even more powerful, though they could reach a point of diminishing returns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“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
But an Economist/YouGov poll conducted in recent days found that support diminishing.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Not scared so much as paralyzed; hung up here immovable on the top of a diminishing, moving mountain.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
