Example Sentences

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The vast majority judged that labor-market conditions had shown signs of stabilization and that downside risks to employment had diminished.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

By 6 p.m. the smoke had diminished, but orders remained in place “out of an abundance of caution,” Navarre said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

The market reaction suggested that investor concern had diminished in the nearly two weeks since Blackstone BX -1.09%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported earnings and private-credit fears weighed on its shares.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Two weeks before the attack, the author had told a German magazine that he was living a "relatively normal" life as the threats had diminished.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

“Call me no longer Wheeze, but Sara Louise,” I said grandly, smiling in the darkness, casting off the nickname she had diminished me with since we were two.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson