diminish
Example Sentences
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Swain noted that there is still significant moisture in California’s mountains, but the diminished snowpack will likely affect the state’s water supply and wildfire risk later this summer.
From Los Angeles Times
Given the diminished state of the car market, I would struggle to name 10 good cars, never mind best.
Six days on, as the intensity of the Iranian retaliation has diminished, measures that banned gatherings and closed shops and offices are being relaxed here.
From BBC
TV news programs have faced significant economic headwinds in recent years, with media companies balancing costly bets on sports rights with diminishing revenue from linear broadcast operations.
Treasurys had also just started to work well as a protection against stock volatility, after often failing to do so in recent years as inflation worries diminished their appeal as a haven.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
