as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
a diminution of 60 percent over the course of the month
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Recent Examples of diminution
The next morning, everyone makes big talk about history and legend-making; the feeling of diminution lingers.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The loss, recorded on Monday, stands as the largest single-day diminution for a U.S. company, following challenges linked to the DeepSeek incident.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow, for its part, has already formed a quasi alliance with Beijing to expedite the diminution of Washington’s influence.
—Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The loss, recorded on Monday, stands as the largest single-day diminution for a U.S. company, following challenges linked to the DeepSeek incident.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Moscow, for its part, has already formed a quasi alliance with Beijing to expedite the diminution of Washington’s influence.
—Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diminution
Noun
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The most dramatic decrease was among those aged 15 to 24, where the divorce rate dropped from 47.2 per 1,000 to 19.7 per 1,000.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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That’s an 80% decrease from 2003 when there were 7,465 robberies.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Regardless of what a full-year funding measure might include, the president has statutory authority to propose spending reductions to Congress.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Higher inflation could affect the Fed’s planned reduction of interest rates.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And the availability of virtual services has made a dent in in-person attendance.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Yet that money has scarcely made a dent in the debt, and chunks of it have been wasted on yet more shoddy decision-making.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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While that survey of online officers found a tiny decline in the proportion of universities charging more for online than in-person classes, the drop was statistically insignificant, however.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the late nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire, fearing decline, pursued modernizing reforms.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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The dizzying, battering swings for stocks have been coming not just day to day but also hour to hour, and the Dow hurtled between a slight gain and a drop of 689 points on Thursday.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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Visitors can admire its thunderous drop from various aerial viewpoints or take a walk along the valley floor for a different perspective.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Diminution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diminution. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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