diminishment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diminishment
Noun
  • The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reported the program resulted in a 20% decrease in gambling activities after just a single school year.
    Adam Hudacek, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Ghrelin, an appetite stimulant, rises when you are sleep-deprived, and leptin decreases.
    Judy Stone, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Traders are assigning virtually no probability of a cut at next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting and only about a 1-in-4 chance of a reduction in May, according to CME Group calculations.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In Florida, nearly all 67 counties saw a decline in childhood immunizations among kindergartners since COVID came in 2020, state data shows.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
  • In the late nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire, fearing decline, pursued modernizing reforms.
    Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Despite his criticism over the cost of her preparation or the size of her support team, Wu did well in standing up for the city, Kraft said.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Prominent pro-Israel voices, as well as critics of Israel, defended the movie — or at least called on their allies to tone down the criticism.
    Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In 2023, the Pirates won 18 of their last 30 games, putting a dent in the playoffs hopes of the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds in the season’s final month.
    John Perrotto, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Read Next State Politics Trump’s deportation campaign won’t ‘make a dent,’ Idaho lawmakers say.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Baldoni is suing her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, for defamation.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Some of those lies have been costly: In 2023, Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation lawsuit, paying almost $800 million to avoid trial, according to The Associated Press.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Democrats in Congress appeared unified in their condemnation of the Oval Office meeting, viewing Trump and Vance's attacks on Zelenskyy as either aiding Putin or seeking to impress him.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The massacres brought condemnations from the U.S. and Israel, while the European Union sought to retain a neutral stance.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Diminishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diminishment. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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