diminish

As some parts of the ocean warm, low cloud cover can diminish.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Any doubt about the durability of their competitive advantage could diminish their appeal to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

David Tamayo, head of Colombia's disaster relief agency, acknowledged that the "likelihood of finding survivors is going to diminish" after Thursday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Standards, such as the number of children a teacher can supervise, would soon be under local control, leading to variations across the country, which Head Start advocates worry could diminish the quality of the program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Now, when I am no longer young, when my hair is fast growing gray, when strength begins to diminish, now I am beginning again like a child.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

The "gender pace gap" diminishes to 0.25% in 100-mile races, according to a study of more than 20 years of amateur ultra-race data conducted by RunRepeat, in collaboration with the International Association of Ultrarunners,

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

As that plutonium supply steadily diminishes, each spacecraft loses about 4 watts of available power every year.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

That hardly diminishes a lifetime spent largely out of the spotlight as a dedicated public servant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Nothing about the court’s finding regarding competency diminishes the seriousness of the loss or the pain experienced by those who knew and loved Mr. Handy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

I believe that once her pain diminishes, she will desire to eat again and then recover her strength.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

In some sense, it is a miracle that the party survived, though it has held on in a deeply diminished fashion.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

LAHSA, already diminished by the county’s decision last year to divert its homelessness funds to a new county homelessness department, now retains contracts for programs in the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The U.S. captured the 9/11 plotters, chased the Taliban who had protected Osama from Afghanistan, and diminished al Qaeda’s ability to attack again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But that breakthrough represented the first effort in a long career spent exposing exploitative working conditions for women other journalists diminished or outright dismissed.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

The afternoon stretched the shadows like taffy and the park entered its period of diminished popularity as supper approached.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

But as the general election approaches, both candidates are diminishing the president’s presence in their messaging by varying degrees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

National Memorial Arboretum's name change this month has been called "diminishing" and "unnecessary" by some visitors, including veterans.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The result is that too many Canadians spend too much energy identifying a diminishing number of ways to differentiate themselves from Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The US cattle herd has shrunk to its lowest level since the 1950s -- in part due to drought and international competition -- with the diminishing herd size pushing cattle prices higher.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Our tools for diminishing flight distance are the knowledge we have of an animal, the food and shelter we provide, the protection we afford.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel