diminishing returns

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

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The studios over the decades tried to as well, albeit often with increasingly diminishing returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It's yet to be seen whether this is a virtuous circle that never stops, or whether Mercedes will reach diminishing returns and McLaren can catch up.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The same shortest-path approach in a non-Riemannian space helped account for diminishing returns in color perception, where increasing differences between colors become less noticeable over time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

But this does not prove that an existing tendency to diminishing returns has not been more than offset by the progress of the arts and improvements.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart