diminishing returns
Example Sentences
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Youth unemployment in China remains elevated, and young people frequently report that the cost of education and the intensity of competition deliver diminishing returns.
From MarketWatch
“Over-reliance on promotion delivers diminishing returns and erodes brand equity, and that is what has happened here,” Chief Executive Officer Daniel Heaf, a former Nike executive who joined the company in May, said on a call with investors.
This change can be reversed again and again, although repeated uses have diminishing returns: after 1,000 cycles, both cooling and heating modes are less efficient.
From Scientific American
In her time with the Cavaliers, Gottlieb learned that sitting around all game day and focusing on it for hours before tipoff provided diminishing returns over the course of an 82-game season.
From Los Angeles Times
But holding on to Parra, a favorite from the World Series team, seems to have diminishing returns.
From Washington Post
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