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diminish

[dih-min-ish] / dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ /




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Missing is any evidence that prediction markets diminish election integrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mourning Israeli civilians, she argued, did not negate the suffering of Palestinians or diminish the struggle against Israel’s government.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Police said their safeguards had limited the impact, but that these "do not diminish the seriousness of an AI system presenting fabricated information as though it came from a person with knowledge of a homicide."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Being part of a group can never diminish individual responsibility for our own actions, for how we treat others, or for speaking up when someone may be at risk," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

That the threat had been negotiated neatly downward did not appear to diminish its power.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sen. John Curtis of Utah, meanwhile, urged Hegseth in a post on X to reconsider, writing that, “Broadcasting a death diminishes us and is not an effective deterrent.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The "gender pace gap" diminishes to 0.25% in 100-mile races, according to a study of more than 20 years of amateur ultra-race data conducted by RunRepeat, in collaboration with the International Association of Ultrarunners,

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The concept of choosing time over money diminishes for mothers who feel unable to pause their careers, even when personal or caregiving demands intensify.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Summed up in one perfect sentence by Donne - ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde’ - the movement was a ray of sunshine peeping out from behind storm clouds.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Over time, the Jewish presence in professional basketball diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is one of the biggest perks of Social Security, because it provides inflation protection so that retirees’ purchasing power isn’t diminished over their retirements.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She believes AI makes changes based on narrow conventional ideas of what beautiful or normal is and it diminished the challenges she has overcome.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But among these people, diminished trust in democratic processes can play out in counterintuitive ways.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“It was the full and terrible truth, alas,” Horatio assures me, and I see by his eyes that his own griefs have not died, but only diminished.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

He was part of the TV show that started it all – a pretty great one at that – so his reappearance after years of diminishing returns has sparked excitement and hope in equal measure.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The focus on the "casseurs" has eclipsed concerns voiced by many protesters, particularly younger people facing expensive housing, uncertain employment prospects and diminishing expectations of matching their parents' living standards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even people who remained physically active showed evidence of diminishing performance as they grew older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

“You have to be aware that what we’re sitting on is not something with diminishing value, it’s something that actually has just exploded in value,” Almar says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

One day he darkened the diminishing bruise with a bit of purple crayon.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli


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