diminishing returns

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But Stokes, who turns 35 on the opening day of the Test, has had diminishing returns with the bat.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Such threats have been repeated so often that they now face diminishing returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But keep in mind that there does come a point of diminishing returns.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Allen Feng from think tank Rhodium Group warned of diminishing returns from subsidies, as "they don't create income".

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The fact that makes a vast amount of carrying necessary is that agriculture is subject to a law of diminishing returns, while manufacture obeys an opposite law.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates