How to Use diminishing returns in a Sentence

diminishing returns

plural noun
  • The law of diminishing returns doesn’t care about any of that.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Since then, many fans have felt a sense of diminishing returns.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • But over time, even cocaine is subject to the law of diminishing returns.
    — refinery29.com, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Yes, Cheney will have more ads, but the law of diminishing returns very much holds here.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Even with that rate of diminishing returns, the third Avatar should still bring in plenty of points.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Which doesn’t mean copycats don’t occur, along with the law of diminishing returns.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 17 May 2022
  • But at some point, the law of diminishing returns kicks in and humbles you really quick.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 12 May 2021
  • Cowen, to my mind, glosses over the problem of diminishing returns.
    — Paul Bloo, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
  • Climbing that high burns even more fuel for diminishing returns.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Tang’s last three seasons have not matched his first, a series of diminishing returns that are reaching their nadir this year.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The expert points to a pattern of diminishing returns.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The law of diminishing returns does not punish effort.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Jose and Reyna worked harder to make up for diminishing returns.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • That strategy appears to have hit a point of diminishing returns.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • And so a law of diminishing returns applies to this lighter and more elusive film, for all its bright, ephemeral pleasures.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • Both recognized that diminishing returns were beginning to come their way on the court.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
  • The Aggies’ offense asked too much of Mond in the past, which led to diminishing returns.
    — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2021
  • With the vast sums likely to be raised — and spent — by both sides, Kondik said that fundraising can reach a point of diminishing returns.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • What do those diminishing returns mean for the video game remastering sector?
    — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
  • After a certain length of time, most workers start getting diminishing returns on their efforts.
    — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Even for professional runners, there are diminishing returns to run more than 20 miles at race pace.
    — Dathan Ritzenhein, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2019
  • In a world constantly seeking to send and store larger messages, these diminishing returns were a major flaw.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
  • But there are some relevant considerations that could shed some light on the diminishing returns for award shows.
    — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
  • As with most things that require money, infrastructure projects are subject to the law of diminishing returns.
    — Steve Chapman, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Bad sequels produce diminishing returns, and very bad sequels send those returns plummeting down to the earth’s core.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2021
  • So while there do seem to be marginal gains from larger models, there also seems to be clear evidence of diminishing returns.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 2 June 2020

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