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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

"I would never seek to diminish or dismiss any survivor's experience, or to make anyone feel that their pain was not heard or understood," they added.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Airplane cabins’ lower humidity levels can diminish passengers’ ability to taste and smell, leaving light wines tasting like water, or highly acidic wines tasting sour and overly tangy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

When it did not come, the trial had to be lived through all over again and the fear did not diminish.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

Which rather diminishes the headline, the lede, and the whole rationale for putting the story on the front page.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 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

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

Raman quickly shot back, saying she hears criticism of Bass from residents across the city who have had to contend with diminished services and deteriorating streets and sidewalks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Over the past 15 years, the Hindenburg Omen’s effectiveness appears to have diminished, data showed.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The skills gap between newcomers and veterans is further diminished by the speed of technological changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The plan dates from before the river was diminished by declining snowfall and increasing evaporation due to higher temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

But his mind was not on pursuit, nor would it be until the pain diminished somewhat.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

But investor appetite in lending the US government money through buying bonds is "diminishing", Swanson warns, creating a "vicious" cycle, requiring the government to offer ever higher returns to keep investors purchasing its debt.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Attempts to simply talk up the yen were running up against the law of diminishing returns.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

With the adoption of artificial intelligence promising—or threatening—to return ever greater rewards to a diminishing number of those best placed to exploit it, the trends will intensify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Blinking the snow from my eyes, I scanned the faces of those who lingered, searching for two children among the diminishing crowd.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros