How to Use diminution in a Sentence

diminution

noun
  • Hochschild blames Trump for a diminution of the United States' stature in the world.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 21 May 2018
  • Still, France’s trade unions see any diminution of benefits as the thin end of the wedge.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
  • But those gains would come at a cost: the diminution of the workforce by 1.5 million people.
    — Scott A. Hodge, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Hope seemed like too much to hope for after these four years of destruction and diminution.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The past 70 years has seen the increasing diminution of the country’s standing in the global order.
    — Neel Mukherjee, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
  • The effect of this, of course, is the diminution of anything and everything that does not matter to Europe.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • That one line is the dividing line between growth of the virus and a decrease of it, or diminution of it, in terms of incidents.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2020
  • What has changed over the past year has been a diminution of regulatory risk.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2021
  • These days, the bank is fighting to maintain an edge that has been blunted by the diminution of its core trading business.
    — Emily Flitter and Kate Kelly, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • However, in recent years, more and more have continued north to see what’s left of the lake, and the land its diminution left behind.
    — Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Granted that the race was closer and Biden won the popular vote by about 4.5 points, but a diminution of the Democratic vote is hard to ignore.
    — NBC News, 1 May 2022
  • The punishment for men is the Atlantis-esque destruction of Númenor and the diminution of long lifespans for all but a few men.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • There was no diminution of his polymathic intellect as his body failed.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 30 July 2020
  • And that this will no longer happen on the edge of the the Pacific Ocean, another small diminution of how surprising San Francisco can be.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Is your view that that won't happen, that there will be no diminution in corporate activity, or is your view?
    — CBS News, 2 May 2021
  • The diminution of dolphins thus far has taken two main tacks: anatomical and behavioral.
    — Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2013
  • Another telltale sign of infection may be a sudden, profound diminution of one’s sense of smell and taste.
    — Katherine J. Wu, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Another telltale sign of infection may be a sudden, profound diminution of one’s sense of smell and taste.
    — Katherine J. Wu, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Another telltale sign of infection may be a sudden, profound diminution of one’s sense of smell and taste.
    — Katherine J. Wu, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Another telltale sign of infection may be a sudden, profound diminution of one’s sense of smell and taste.
    — Katherine J. Wu, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Another telltale sign of infection may be a sudden, profound diminution of one’s sense of smell and taste.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Holmes and Balwani argued the restitution should have been based on the diminution in value of the shares after the fraud came to light -- and not, as was ordered, the money each victim invested.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The next morning, everyone makes big talk about history and legend-making; the feeling of diminution lingers.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

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