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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

A Proposal, in order to Diminish the Progress of the Distemper among the Horned Cattle, supported by Facts.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

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

From Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical Journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5. by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)




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