law of diminishing returns
Example Sentences
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Attempts to simply talk up the yen were running up against the law of diminishing returns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
"There's the law of diminishing returns," Shea said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
This well-known phenomenon is referred to as the "law of diminishing returns."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
"My thought on going after knives themselves is that it is a law of diminishing returns," Mr Garratt added.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
Likewise in every orthodox college the student is taught what his professors are pleased to call "the law of diminishing returns of agriculture."
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
