law of diminishing returns
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This well-known phenomenon is referred to as the "law of diminishing returns."
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
The action saga starring Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone has followed the movie industry’s law of diminishing returns for sequels.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023
It is at this point, and perhaps even earlier, where "Heart of Stone" starts to suffer from the law of diminishing returns.
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2023
Besides each other, though, the test yielded no other results of note, and the law of diminishing returns applied to the every-few-months email digest Dee and Becca got from 23andMe with new sets of matches.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
He denied the universal truth, for all stages of cultivation, of the law of diminishing returns from land.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
