- present participle of diminish.
diminishing
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Yet all the while, data showed that racial imbalances in the criminal-justice system were diminishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s another reminder of the diminishing trust in today’s job market, like the questionable future of the cover letter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Dale pointed to how his own father would often tell him "I love you" after letting him down, diminishing the meaning of the words.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Another bump, worse than the first, the surf crashing all around him and suddenly, impossibly, she was free and reaching again, the surf-sound diminishing.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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