law of diminishing returns
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This well-known phenomenon is referred to as the "law of diminishing returns."
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
Even if the ploy worked for Tyler, subsequent artists could experience the law of diminishing returns.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
It is at this point, and perhaps even earlier, where "Heart of Stone" starts to suffer from the law of diminishing returns.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023
Besides each other, though, the test yielded no other results of note, and the law of diminishing returns applied to the every-few-months email digest Dee and Becca got from 23andMe with new sets of matches.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Those, therefore, who admit the law of diminishing returns are inevitably led to the doctrine of rent.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
