How to Use diminishing returns in a Sentence

diminishing returns

plural noun

• The thing about Shmitt, the last man to walk on the moon, is that fame should have diminishing returns.
  — Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2021
• The problem is the law — the law of diminishing returns.
  — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• The Aggies’ offense asked too much of Mond in the past, which led to diminishing returns.
  — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2021
• At a certain point, the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
• Yes, Cheney will have more ads, but the law of diminishing returns very much holds here.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 13 July 2021
• But over time, even cocaine is subject to the law of diminishing returns.
  — refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• But at some point, the law of diminishing returns kicks in and humbles you really quick.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 12 May 2021
• With the growing number of possible stops for beer fans, the law of diminishing returns may be at work.
  — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2019
• Which doesn’t mean copycats don’t occur, along with the law of diminishing returns.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• Cowen, to my mind, glosses over the problem of diminishing returns.
  — Paul Bloo, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
• Success, in some ways, leads to decline, as most great teams try to hang on to the players who brought them glory, at the cost of higher salaries and diminishing returns.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2019
• Goff help punch his ticket out of L.A. with his diminishing returns.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• The first and most obvious is that the iPhone has become boring, trapped by the diminishing returns Apple can wring out of the device year after year.
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 15 Sep. 2018
• The January 6 committee seemed to hit the point of diminishing returns this week.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 July 2022
• The diminishing returns of right-wing populism can be seen in the decreasing potency of G.O.P. rule.
  — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2021
• However, there are diminishing returns on the quality of a sofa at a price of about $3,000.
  — Mary Jo Bowling, Curbed, 30 Apr. 2018
• Jose and Reyna worked harder to make up for diminishing returns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
• But that approach leads to diminishing returns in a hurry.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2021
• And so MoviePass is facing a problem of diminishing returns.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Mar. 2018
• Group works frame two pas de deux numbers, with diminishing returns, while the reactions of the live audience feel distant and low key in the cavernous hall.
  — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 18 May 2021
• Another reason for the sluggish comeback could be that low, low rates have reached a point of diminishing returns.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2020
• The name surely carries plenty of equity, but like the movies, this HBO Max show yields diminishing returns.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Dec. 2021
• The power of good news about the pandemic seems to be subject to diminishing returns, raising the question: Is the profit rebound mostly priced in?
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
• But the Jets and their fans already know that there's a point of diminishing returns in that growth-adversity balance for a young quarterback.
  — Andy Vasquez, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
• But aerosols can stay aloft for hours and travel far beyond six feet, so moving desks farther apart is likely to have diminishing returns.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 11 June 2021
• Both recognized that diminishing returns were beginning to come their way on the court.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• The network has faced diminishing returns from its live musicals, which started with a huge audience for The Sound of Music in 2013.
  — Hilary Lewis, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2020
• The Air's screen is above the threshold beyond which more pixels make for diminishing returns, though, so its resolution isn't much of a downside.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2020
• That strategy appears to have hit a point of diminishing returns.
  — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
• What do those diminishing returns mean for the video game remastering sector?
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024