diminishing returns

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You can understand where she’s coming from, but after a certain point ... she’s gonna hit diminishing returns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

It's yet to be seen whether this is a virtuous circle that never stops, or whether Mercedes will reach diminishing returns and McLaren can catch up.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Allen Feng from think tank Rhodium Group warned of diminishing returns from subsidies, as "they don't create income".

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The same shortest-path approach in a non-Riemannian space helped account for diminishing returns in color perception, where increasing differences between colors become less noticeable over time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

The law of diminishing returns seems to operate.

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray