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I take nothing away from, nor mean to diminish, the importance or pain of any victim, their story or their point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

While the fiscal impulse on GDP growth could diminish somewhat in 2027, Pringle said he expects this to be more of a 2028 story.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

But the distinction between what the gang has demonstrably done and what is claimed in its name can become blurred in the public imagination, doing little to diminish Bishnoi's notoriety.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I want him to be able to say when he’s scared, hurt, embarrassed or wrong without feeling like those things diminish him.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

The air moving through the windows—it was getting cold in the block—didn’t seem to diminish it at all.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

And it’s hard to feel sorry or invested in his often insufferable victims, which diminishes the horror of his mission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Illness acts as a crossroads in a pontificate -- it either accelerates its momentum or diminishes its power," Vatican watcher Giacomo Galeazzi wrote in La Stampa daily on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The "gender pace gap" diminishes to 0.25% in 100-mile races, according to a study of more than 20 years of amateur ultra-race data conducted by RunRepeat, in collaboration with the International Association of Ultrarunners,

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The concept of choosing time over money diminishes for mothers who feel unable to pause their careers, even when personal or caregiving demands intensify.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Sure,” he says, “consent feels nice. Letting people decide what’s going to happen with their tissue seems like the right thing to do. But consent diminishes the value of tissue.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Having witnessed AI stocks being “sold to death,” Goldman Sachs’ head of European equities trading, Rich Privorotsky, is advising fund managers “the micro remains strong, electoral uncertainty has diminished and positioning looks considerably cleaner.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is one of the biggest perks of Social Security, because it provides inflation protection so that retirees’ purchasing power isn’t diminished over their retirements.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

That creates real risks with predictable consequences: knowledge concentrated among too few people, decision-making bottlenecks, diminished bench strength, and an organization increasingly vulnerable to the absence or departure of a few individuals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But among these people, diminished trust in democratic processes can play out in counterintuitive ways.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

His toe was now a deep and angry aqua, but the anger and much of the pain had diminished.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

However, diminishing risk appetite amid the U.S. tech-stocks selloff overnight driven by earnings and postelection fears about curbed data-center development might weigh on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

He was part of the TV show that started it all – a pretty great one at that – so his reappearance after years of diminishing returns has sparked excitement and hope in equal measure.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

The focus on the "casseurs" has eclipsed concerns voiced by many protesters, particularly younger people facing expensive housing, uncertain employment prospects and diminishing expectations of matching their parents' living standards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even people who remained physically active showed evidence of diminishing performance as they grew older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

By this time she seemed to the watchers to be rapidly diminishing in size as she forged upwards.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques