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Which of these is most likely to diminish over time?

diminish

[dih-min-ish] / dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ /




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While finance leaders anticipate that AI will enhance audits, they also worry that overreliance on AI could diminish human judgment and introduce new vulnerabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

I take nothing away from, nor mean to diminish, the importance or pain of any victim, their story or their point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

While the fiscal impulse on GDP growth could diminish somewhat in 2027, Pringle said he expects this to be more of a 2028 story.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

That moment didn’t diminish Jones’ take on what this election night meant to him.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 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

"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Roche’s decision diminishes expectations for one of the company’s most closely watched pipeline assets, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

The concept of choosing time over money diminishes for mothers who feel unable to pause their careers, even when personal or caregiving demands intensify.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

One other prejudice people have about mathematics is that its study somehow diminishes one’s feeling for nature and the “big” questions.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Having witnessed AI stocks being “sold to death,” Goldman Sachs’ head of European equities trading, Rich Privorotsky, is advising fund managers “the micro remains strong, electoral uncertainty has diminished and positioning looks considerably cleaner.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Over time, the Jewish presence in professional basketball diminished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is one of the biggest perks of Social Security, because it provides inflation protection so that retirees’ purchasing power isn’t diminished over their retirements.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Judge Welsh said the map was of "international cultural significance" and the damage had "permanently diminished what can be learned from it".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The eastern men gave their tentative acceptance, but their concerns had not diminished.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

He was part of the TV show that started it all – a pretty great one at that – so his reappearance after years of diminishing returns has sparked excitement and hope in equal measure.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The focus on the "casseurs" has eclipsed concerns voiced by many protesters, particularly younger people facing expensive housing, uncertain employment prospects and diminishing expectations of matching their parents' living standards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even people who remained physically active showed evidence of diminishing performance as they grew older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

“You have to be aware that what we’re sitting on is not something with diminishing value, it’s something that actually has just exploded in value,” Almar says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another bump, worse than the first, the surf crashing all around him and suddenly, impossibly, she was free and reaching again, the surf-sound diminishing.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen


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