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diminish

[dih-min-ish] / dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ /




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Diminish the flow, and saltwater contaminates the drinking water supply and the entire natural system that sustains human populations, not just wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

More From William D. Cohan » March 16, 2010 Divide and Diminish The human impulse to parcel nature into smaller and smaller plots is a danger to biodiversity.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2010

More From Robert Wright » March 16, 2010 Divide and Diminish The human impulse to parcel nature into smaller and smaller plots is a danger to biodiversity.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2010

There is a void that reason can not face, Nor wisdom comprehend, nor sweating will Diminish, nor the rain of April fill, And I am weary of this wan grimace.

From The Five Books of Youth by Hillyer, Robert

Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store, But books, I find, if often lent, Return to me no more.

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix




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