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“I want him to be able to say when he’s scared, hurt, embarrassed or wrong without feeling like those things diminish him.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

A move from Zurich would diminish the Swiss-ness of a bank that serves as the country’s financial standard-bearer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mourning Israeli civilians, she argued, did not negate the suffering of Palestinians or diminish the struggle against Israel’s government.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

If inflation slows down, chances of a Fed rate hike diminish.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

He was tiring now and his participation in conversation would diminish with each mile passed.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

"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

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

Hague said, adding that the company’s research shows consumers don’t believe the practice diminishes the quality of a newscast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Sure,” he says, “consent feels nice. Letting people decide what’s going to happen with their tissue seems like the right thing to do. But consent diminishes the value of tissue.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

This is starting to change, which will hurt builders’ already diminished profit margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The increases diminished within two to three minutes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Although that helped to ease water shortages this summer, it has rapidly diminished the frozen supply.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yes, he said, his career would feel diminished without a championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After Luna, his radio expert, was captured, Sargo’s reach was even further diminished.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Making current matters trickier on a global level, China is on an economic road that will lead to diminishing demand for transportation fuels, much like the U.S. experienced in the 2000s, according to Chowdhury.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yet all the while, data showed that racial imbalances in the criminal-justice system were diminishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some of the ways that Tresnjak ups the ante on that daring have diminishing returns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Disappearing into the back room, his diminishing sniffles trailing, Mr. Archie left them among the empty guns.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles