law of diminishing returns
Example Sentences
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This well-known phenomenon is referred to as the "law of diminishing returns."
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
But the Middle Kingdom long ago started running up against the law of diminishing returns when it comes to endlessly increasing investment.
From Salon • Jul. 30, 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
Their currency might begin to wane as they struggle with the law of diminishing returns.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
Labor, as thus applied to land, is subject to a law of diminishing returns.
From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
