diminishing
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“If someone does their best, deep research work in a focused five-hour window, that’s more valuable to us and our clients than eight hours of diminishing returns.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
They also used the shortest path in a non-Riemannian space to account for diminishing returns in color perception, another effect that had not been fully captured by the older approach.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Charts released by the Fed will likely show spiking concerns about higher inflation and diminishing worries about the state of the labor market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Up to 50 percent of the world's coral has been lost in recent decades, diminishing ecosystems that provide nurseries for fish that feed the world, and protect coastlines from storm surges.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Their mind-muddying effects were daily diminishing, the Emergency was fading, and minds long closed to truth were opening again, like flowers craving sunlight.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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