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She and other experts also feared that less support and oversight from the federal government would result in diminished quality control at the local level, as many federal laws are delegated to states.

But they feared increased plagiarism on the part of students and diminished student creativity.

“It will make the commands just diminished if something pops up,” a defense official said.

He was upset by the allegations, as well as the way he perceived his importance had been diminished by Horner and others at the team.

Driver and Emmanuel are both reluctant to have Figgis’ camera capture them at work, supplying rather formal sit-down interviews instead, so their presence feels diminished here.