diminishing returns

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Firstly, diminishing returns have kicked in - how much more capacity among the public is there really for jaw dropping revelation about the Lord Mandelson soap opera?

From BBC • Jun. 1, 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

Oil stocks show diminishing returns, with the energy ETF rising 0.5% after an 8% oil price jump, suggesting prices are already factored in.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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