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Definitions for Diminishing
di·min·ish·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diminishingadjective

    becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

    "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

Wiktionary

  1. diminishingnoun

    A diminishment.

  2. diminishingadjective

    becoming smaller

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diminishing

    of Diminish

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Diminishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Diminishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Diminishing in a Sentence

  1. Jamie Cameron:

    The perception that the current government is pushing rights-diminishing legislation through without apparent regard to the Charter may well be effectively forcing the Court to be more liberal, more activist, and more protectionist.

  2. Peter Hotez:

    I think we've maxed out on the benefit of travel screening, it made sense when the passengers were coming from one country, and I think in some ways it was effective. But now we're really going to see diminishing returns.

  3. Dennis Kelleher:

    It’s diminishing the integrity of the marketplace and it’s putting individual investors at risk.

  4. Ed Rollins:

    They can be the difference between Republicans becoming a minority, diminishing White voter group, or a prosperous growing voter group.

  5. Sercan Celebi:

    We finally saw there were enough people out there to make this happen, it's very strongly correlated to the diminishing role of the rule of law in our society ... people are losing faith.

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