diminishing
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“If someone does their best, deep research work in a focused five-hour window, that’s more valuable to us and our clients than eight hours of diminishing returns.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
They also used the shortest path in a non-Riemannian space to account for diminishing returns in color perception, another effect that had not been fully captured by the older approach.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Charts released by the Fed will likely show spiking concerns about higher inflation and diminishing worries about the state of the labor market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
But Stokes, who turns 35 on the opening day of the Test, has had diminishing returns with the bat.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Her foreshortened figure rushed away from him; the diminishing square of the roof seemed to be falling through the darkness.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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