diminishing returns
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Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The diminishing returns of instant gratification might explain why catalogs are nearly always, according to trade publications and business journals, on the verge of a renaissance.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Shared irritation helps, but with diminishing returns: A delayed ferry creates conversation; a broken ferry creates rage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Wall Street is still bullish on stocks over the second half of the year but sees diminishing returns over the next six months as many of these issues play out.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He denied the universal truth, for all stages of cultivation, of the law of diminishing returns from land.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
