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law of diminishing returns

NOUN
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

The action saga starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone has followed the movie industry’s law of diminishing returns for sequels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023

But the Middle Kingdom long ago started running up against the law of diminishing returns when it comes to endlessly increasing investment.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 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

The law of diminishing returns works in the factory for fixing the wages in any scale which prevails throughout a level of pay.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)




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