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diminishment

noun as in lessening

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Example Sentences

It’s diminishing the presidency … We need to have the transition begin as soon as possible.

To have that diminished — not that we don’t have visitation, but everyone is seeing a substantial decrease in numbers.

From Vox

You get diminishing returns after a while because it’s the same audience over and over.

From Digiday

A $494 billion legislation package, the INVEST In America Act, was recently introduced to address America’s deteriorating highways and bridges while diminishing carbon pollution.

That record turnout did not diminish the existence of suppression, but it challenged it.

From Fortune

Chekhov has talked about this, that any designation besides writer (Russian writer, whatever) was a diminishment.

Does that increasing skill set make up for the diminishment of a rags-to-riches mythology?

Its population suffered some diminishment in the next two years in spite of its position on the main highway of trade.

Although the light was decreasing, I could perceive no diminishment in the apparent speed of the sun.

But the price was a great diminishment in its geographical scope.

For an instant there was no diminishment of the pace; then the horses head came down, and Jacks feet again touched earth.

Not that this diminishment of her handwriting in any sense lessened the effect upon me of the sentiments it conveyed.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diminishment, such as: attenuation, declination, depreciation, diminuendo, diminution, and extenuation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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