During those long afternoons in the pool, he paddled and laughed and tossed our small bodies into the air, his diminished legs suddenly less of a liability. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even after a trumpeter appeared on a tiny balcony at the peak of the playhouse and blew a fanfare, the babble scarcely diminished. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As relationships between family and friends become strained or false, not only are people’s understandings of one another diminished, but, because people are social, they themselves are diminished as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But of course he was right, and by the time I came to womanhood even I had to acknowledge that his prestige was much diminished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t suffer, as many “honest men” do, from the detestable righteousness that diminishes their virtue. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

That the threat had been negotiated neatly downward did not appear to diminish its power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You’ve begun to notice, though, that, bit by bit the sense of being outside of yourself has diminished with each passing day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The diminished seventh is one half step below the minor seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As the space around me diminishes, the piles of “treasure” are ripped away, becoming debris spinning in the contracting circle of water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Almost instantly the excruciating pain in his hand had diminished to the throb which was, now, all he could recall of the experience. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘To me it would not seem that a Steward who faithfully surrenders his charge is diminished in love or in honour,’ said Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If we do somehow land her, the feelings begin to diminish almost immediately. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

One day he darkened the diminishing bruise with a bit of purple crayon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They come to the station to see him off, standing on the platform in the cold, his diminished family, straining but failing to see Gogol, who waves at them through the tinted glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The voice rang out sharply from on high, where the diminishing crags were balanced one on another. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Working with her new husband, Pierre, Curie found that certain kinds of rocks poured out constant and extraordinary amounts of energy, yet without diminishing in size or changing in any detectable way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His efforts to arrange a match at Belmont had not only fallen through, they had greatly diminished his chances of ever securing a meeting between the two horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their mind-muddying effects were daily diminishing, the Emergency was fading, and minds long closed to truth were opening again, like flowers craving sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Great Depression had wiped out many Osage fortunes that had already been diminished by guardians and thieves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The confidence was diminished; there was actually a softness behind those eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Beneath the sag of the buggy the hooves neatly rapid like the motions of a lady doing embroidery, diminishing without progress like a figure on a treadmill being drawn rapidly offstage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no question that this Texas-of-the- mind fable is often synthetic, sometimes untruthful, and frequently romantic, but that in no way diminishes its strength as a symbol. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she climbed "up" the ladder to the center of the ship, the centripetal force on her diminished to zero. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes helps herself to a mound of creamed spinach, dabbing it with a quickly diminishing loaf of sourdough. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the full and terrible truth, alas,” Horatio assures me, and I see by his eyes that his own griefs have not died, but only diminished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There used to be more of them, but they seem to be diminishing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there were still obstacles thrown in my way that were a test, but I never allowed the obstacles to diminish my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A diminished interval is one half step smaller than the perfect or minor interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But the special feeling of closeness at home was diminished by then. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The designs became cruder, the repertoire of themes reduced, the technical skill diminished. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I would think that the loss of an arm would diminish a man, but I see that it has not diminished Captain Newport one bit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"This was only a few years ago. What if those impulses have grown with her, rather than diminished?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Why are you trying to diminish the horrible thing that happened to me and make it about you?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The presence of the master, Ranofer discovered, sharpened Pai’s already sharp eye and diminished his short temper to the vanishing point. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I believe that once her pain diminishes, she will desire to eat again and then recover her strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Earth’s magnetic field has diminished by perhaps as much as 6 percent in the last century alone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Were the pyramids as tall as this building, did the pharaohs sit on top and take the measure of their kingdoms, to see how diminished the world became when you gained the proper distance? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My parents’ love for me didn’t diminish with my looks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, we had no option but to choose between the lesser of two evils, and opt for a diminished education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe how much her time in this place has diminished her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is little indication that the motivations and propensities for warfare have diminished since, and both conventional and nuclear weaponry has become far more deadly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby believed, they said, that the Soviets were so enraged by his winning the crown from Spassky and thereby diminishing their greatest cultural achievement that they wanted him murdered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, “Oh, Ford, Ford, Ford,” it said diminishingly and on a descending scale. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They prescribed vitamins and sugar pills and pills to make her sleep, but Celia diminished, ever more pallid, in her bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boulders diminish to rocks that eventually turn to pebbles, and then, to my relief, we're back on pine needles and the gentle incline of the forest floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Summed up in one perfect sentence by Donne - ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde’ - the movement was a ray of sunshine peeping out from behind storm clouds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, fish feces,” she answered, not lifting her eyes from the book she was studying in the diminishing light. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

John did not find Meg’s beauty diminished, though she beamed at him from behind the familiar coffee pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a storm hit New Orleans at all, it would be greatly diminished, no more than a day of grey gusts and rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The sound from the living room was diminished now as if somebody had lowered the collective volume of the voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Notice that IV in the key of B flat is an E flat major chord, not an E major chord, and vii in the key of G is F sharp diminished, not F diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I would have reminded him that I was no doctor and therefore was ill equipped to do a thorough examination, but impudence would have diminished my lead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My concerns revolved instead around the diminishing supply of oxygen in my tank. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Over time these challenges to authority tended to diminish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in that case Nikhil will live on, publicly celebrated, unlike Gogol, purposely hidden, legally diminished, now all but lost. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dabs my forehead with antiseptic—they are so careful about germs here—and I feel the sting and prickle of the needle, diminishing by the second as the numbing agent does its work. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her instant appeal for bonobos appeared not to have diminished one bit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because I showed my love to Hamlet, would his ardor diminish? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Knowing my courage will diminish the longer I think about it, I grab the trellis and climb. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Long enough for Lefty to come face-to-face with the evidence of his own diminished faculties and for me to feel the onrush of my own growing ones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds of man and horse diminished, swallowed up by the wet green wild, and soon enough he could hear only the steady wash of rain against leaf and tree and rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By this time she seemed to the watchers to be rapidly diminishing in size as she forged upwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His rage was dreadful and yet Harry’s grief for Dobby seemed to diminish it, so that it became a distant storm that reached Harry from across a vast, silent ocean. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If anything, I am mad at Justin, for making her feel so diminished. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

His right hand was deformed, but it didn’t seem to diminish his self-assurance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the end Bernard had to slink back, diminished, to his rooms and inform the impatient assembly that the Savage would not be appearing that evening. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smelly jars and collecting bottles that once were everywhere have diminished in number. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the whiteness diminishes, so does the pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There are peculiars all over the world,” she said, “though our numbers are much diminished from what they once were. Those who remain live in hiding, as we do.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now that her initial fear had diminished, something else had begun to emerge from her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The drug regimen diminished her ability to retain and sort large batches of information. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

To distinguish so sharply between public and private knowledge may seem to diminish the achievements of those who make discoveries but never publish them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He spoke French very poorly, but that didn’t stop him or diminish his enthusiasm. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But over the weeks, with each diminishing roll of candies, I added new secrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he looks much older with his hair flat and matted, his head an orb more dully drawn, as if diminished. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a part of him that could never leave the finca or the comfort of its cycles, and this diminished him for any other life. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We must curb our fury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The light diminished as they climbed, because the only illumination was the small deep-set window on each landing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the anteroom door, just ajar, she and Benjamin X heard the applause diminishing, then the familiar ringing greeting, “Asalaikum, brothers and sisters!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is showing us that the crowning ceremony angered him, and that his power is not diminished by it. We will see what else he plans to do.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered whether constant disappearances and reappearances had somehow diminished his substance, or whether this frail build was ideal for anyone wishing to vanish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Mostly, but he did have trouble, just the same as anyone else. E chord. He had a lot of trouble with greater and diminished E.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looks at the back of George’s head, now visible above the considerably diminished pile of equipment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then the red thing was past and the elephantine progress diminished toward the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, feelings like this usually diminish. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us; a personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Agonizing minutes drag past as my hopes diminish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My bleak vocabulary did not diminish my enthusiasm for reading. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem to me that her powers were diminished at all. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since that day, the day he became a father, the memory of his accident has receded, diminishing over the years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A diminished chord is built from two minor thirds, which add up to a diminished fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They resumed watching the diminishing countryside on the outskirts of Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hope diminished further when the sharp, cold air began to blur and thicken with swirling white. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was tiring now and his participation in conversation would diminish with each mile passed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But does that diminish any of your stories? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t diminish her 20/20 vision, only skews it a bit. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the years immediately following the events in Washington, Chicago, and Elaine, it became increasingly clear that, rather than be diminished by the riots, African Americans were emboldened by them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The ice was somewhat diminished, but still stood in blocks and shards all about the vault. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She went on to explain her belief that “women were the peace-loving half of the world and that by giving power to women we would diminish the possibilities of war.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Each word diminished them, flattened them against the night until they were puppets, pointing fingers in each other’s faces. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the first part of his epic Ring cycle, The Rhinegold, for example, angry diminished chords are often used to signify the dangerous power of the Ring itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Her foreshortened figure rushed away from him; the diminishing square of the roof seemed to be falling through the darkness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odor of the escaping gases, which at first seemed almost totally punishing, soon diminished through familiarity. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Intelligence and knowledge had changed me, and he would resent me—as the others from the bakery resented me— because my growth diminished him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the day is almost done, the world of glass recedes, the butterfly threat diminishes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Despite Prohibition’s clear intent, the drinking of alcoholic beverages did not cease or even diminish. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He keeps feeding them with his flies, and the number of the latter is becoming sensibly diminished, although he has used half his food in attracting more flies from outside to his room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This work held up over time, and the new discovery in his lab provoked by Bohr’s skepticism ultimately enhanced, not diminished, Lawrence’s claim to the Nobel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The lack of clarity about their postwar roles as the handover of policy authority to civilian control approached had further diminished morale among the staff members who remained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Harry felt strangely diminished, as though he had shrunk a little since he had entered the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even under the greatest duress, my capability to dissemble was scarcely diminished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia’s spirits soar as the coconut ice cream diminishes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That story was remembered my way, but I felt diminished hearing it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to diminish your accomplishments, but the Allegiant are still too insignificant to be any more than a small uprising,” Marcus says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not scared so much as paralyzed; hung up here immovable on the top of a diminishing, moving mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

From far off across the great cavern, echoes answered, and his voice bounded from cliff to cliff, doubling and diminishing and causing those distant ghosts to pause in their endless procession and look up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That preoccupation has diminished somewhat—or been sublimated— in recent years as we have subscribed to an all-purpose, mass-market version of the American dream, but it hasn’t entirely disappeared. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sat across from my mother and told her that the changes in the neighborhood had not diminished his belief in the community. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten the fear of the searchers, who seemed to have diminished into the past. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It turned to blackness as the light from the fire diminished. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a circular slab of stone, held upright in a vise and pierced with a ring of holes of diminishing sizes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, noticing that the supply of hot dogs in the little well was visibly diminishing, he decided in favor of abstinence for the moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward afternoon the wind diminished somewhat, but the courts were all taken, and I decided to go down to the beach and lie in the sun and think about my match the following day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Will, for it was true: the edge diminished to a thinness so fine that the eye could not reach it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The inversion of an augmented interval is diminished and of a diminished interval is augmented. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

So they do not realize that while one suffers a diminished sense of private individuality by becoming assimilated into public society, such assimilation makes possible the achievement of public individuality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she was the only woman in the grill, she did not seem to notice, nor did her entry diminish the feeling of fraternity that enriched the early morning banter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would diminish Hunt’s building and in so doing diminish Hunt and disrupt the harmony of the other structures on the Grand Court. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Our tools for diminishing flight distance are the knowledge we have of an animal, the food and shelter we provide, the protection we afford. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it did not come, the trial had to be lived through all over again and the fear did not diminish. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yet even as the themes of Counterfeit Paradise spread to the worlds of natural science and political activism, Meggers’s ideas exerted ever- diminishing influence in archaeology itself. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The enemy before them seemed to have grown rather than diminished, and still more were pressing up from the valley through the breach. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Or here was the law: as his life diminished, theirs burgeoned, requiring attention. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Emma wanted to keep the pointed criticism away from her so as not to diminish the daughters respect for the father. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe through my mouth in an attempt to diminish the smell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Though damaged and diminished, she was still our protector. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Blinking the snow from my eyes, I scanned the faces of those who lingered, searching for two children among the diminishing crowd. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The afternoon stretched the shadows like taffy and the park entered its period of diminished popularity as supper approached. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Yet, in interviews with police officers who have been involved with shootings, these same details appear again and again: extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond a thousand miles the devastation from the blast would gradually diminish. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Weary though she was of the work, her room seemed diminished with it gone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Luna, his radio expert, was captured, Sargo’s reach was even further diminished. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His central role as priest—intermediary between congregation and God—is diminished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She watched the Academy diminishing as they sailed away until it was only a small gray speck, indistinguishable from the vast dark sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then a man pours outward, a torrent of him, and yet he is not diminished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Philip Lombard's senses seemed heightened, rather than diminished. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Shin remembers little of his time in the hospital, except that the nightmares slowly diminished. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It was half Stevenses’ calf by rights,” she said, trying to diminish for both of them the enormity of what she had done. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Although that sort of thing usually ran its course and diminished over time, it was not the case when it came to the gleaning of Kohl Whitlock. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The uproar in the theater, meanwhile, has not diminished. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have diminished physically in the few days which had passed, and to have lost his tan. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eastern men gave their tentative acceptance, but their concerns had not diminished. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Alex thought of the diminishing stock of liquor and sweaters and nodded. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I regained some sensibility and my vision started to come back, the circle diminished and I started to look around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like a river diminishing to a stream and then to a trickle. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years his accent had diminished only marginally, and when they spoke, Mrs. Richardson was sometimes reduced to nodding and smiling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Disappearing into the back room, his diminishing sniffles trailing, Mr. Archie left them among the empty guns. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As the flames diminished, I sank onto my stomach, too weak to even scream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the opinion of Dr. Satten and his colleagues, Andrews’ crime amounted to such an undebatable example of diminished responsibility that the case offered an ideal chance to challenge the M’Naghten Rule in Kansas courts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

NOTE: The type of interval or chord — major, minor, diminished, etc., is not important when you are determining the position of the chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As the cartons of survival rations diminished, I reduced my intake till I was following instructions exactly, holding myself to only two biscuits every eight hours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But his mind was not on pursuit, nor would it be until the pain diminished somewhat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The failure of the previous selection was ten years ago, and my energy is starting to diminish. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s actually cou nterproductive. “To the extent that someone is focused on driving, the quality of work product is diminished,” he added. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And pass through it did: in the lee of the island, considerably diminished, waves .270 emerged and went on their way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the population of the ghetto continued to diminish, officials began to reorganize those of us remaining. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The key aim is to diminish an animal’s flight distance, which is the minimum distance at which an animal wants to keep a perceived enemy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The buzzing occasioned by his action would not diminish for years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps she favors neither of them and only wants the sea to have greater power, by diminishing the power of the land. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The slavers had always been able to count on the support of English nobles, who resisted any change that might diminish their power. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I ran with Burke and Clarence, and I forgot about Granny being toothless and diminished. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But slowly and imperceptibly, with the passing of the seasons, his mockery and feeling of superiority diminished. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are you surprised that the augmented fourth and diminished fifth sound the same? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached for her skirt, a carelessly raised foot revealed a patch of soil on each pad of her sweetly diminishing toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It would take a long time after each day’s work for our eyes to adjust to the diminished light. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Lazlo last looked back to wave, the caravan starting down the trail and the Godslayer staying behind, he had seemed not only diminished, but haunted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They’d have to work to find their voices and not be diminished, to keep themselves from getting beaten down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Inversions of augmented intervals are diminished, and inversions of diminished intervals are augmented. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was cleaning up after the tornado hit my house and diminished everything. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gradually, subtly, the ringing in my right ear diminishes until it's gone entirely. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Of course Boots had no idea what had happened to him, how he had been altered—diminished. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His social triumph did not, however, diminish his interest in his mother’s psychic talents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The diminished pain in my leg is such a relief that I try to savor it, but pieces of my nightmare still linger in my mind, too fresh to put away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They had not reached the end of the world before I stopped hearing them, the last long moan diminishing toward China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Such potshots, he felt, diminished him—however subtle they might be. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Call me no longer Wheeze, but Sara Louise,” I said grandly, smiling in the darkness, casting off the nickname she had diminished me with since we were two. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it is clear that belief in witchcraft among the educated elite diminished rapidly in the early eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finding her would mean exposure to unadulterated sunlight, and even the diminishing rays of early evening could provoke an attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“More or less, when I was little. Sometimes, even now. You know, it’s being with old guys like Stew that diminishes you. “ Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s mine,” he said on a diminishing note of justice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Gradually the suspicion that Catholics had X-ray eyes diminished, and I grew easy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As mentioned above, the diminished fifth and augmented fourth sound the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His death was a severe setback to the government, and the effectiveness and aggressiveness of the Crown team diminished from that point on. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The augmented piles of clothes have been put away, and the windows have been opened to dispel the diminished air. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the fireworks’ diminishing glow, the tenement houses across the street seemed precarious, as though they would collapse into ruin and rubble at any moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Write the diminished triad for each root given. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I described how my initial doubts about the political process had slowly diminished week by week, replaced by something more encouraging and hopeful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And an interval of a diminished fourth means something different than an interval of a major third, even though they would be played using the same keys on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, as he ate the bacon and the coffee cleared his mind, the spinning in his head began to diminish and he found himself creeping up on a new realization. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Unable to hide the truth any longer, the world's leaders announce that the sun is experiencing a cycle of dimming, and that its light and heat will continue to diminish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Their ministrations do not diminish the lonely dignity of the ruins. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lie down next to him, a wrinkle in the sheet, and contemplate his pain and by doing so ease it, diminish it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t risk a second to say good-bye; I crossed the abandoned fields in the rapidly diminishing light and was alone by the time the Congo five-minute twilight began. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One other prejudice people have about mathematics is that its study somehow diminishes one’s feeling for nature and the “big” questions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he knew it, Bobby’s winnings from Reykjavik were beginning to diminish, and yet he saw that Rader and Armstrong were flying all over the world, entertaining lavishly, and proffering gifts to world leaders. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sam began to hum some tune I knew but couldn’t quite name, and Esme played with her duck in the tub, and ever so slowly, the Feeling began to diminish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In early stages of food production, people simultaneously collected wild foods and raised cultivated ones, and diverse types of collecting activities diminished in importance at different times as reliance on crops increased. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air moving through the windows—it was getting cold in the block—didn’t seem to diminish it at all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The fact that I had elected to tell the truth one time did not diminish my ability to lie accurately when the occasion demanded it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, as if it could somehow diminish the grief he still saw in her eyes, shining so bright in the firelight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“My confidence in you has been seriously diminished since I heard about the disreputable activities in which you engaged on Thursday last. Please repeat.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the bees diminished, sustained yet, as though instead of sinking into silence, silence merely increased between us, as water rises. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The insects were diminishing in number, and soon their season would be over, which was just as well, as the Fentress Firefly Prize ribbon was grubby and limp. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I would protest as well the diminished sense of the sacred in churches today. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunset diminished and disappeared, until Kendra had only the light reflected from half a moon to guide her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Though I had been dismayed to learn of Gaur’s leaving the ANC, that did not diminish my pleasure in seeing him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The howls and screams and laughter diminished in volume and frequency. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We have some sense of ordinariness, and it tends to diminish our surprise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile diminishes, but there's still hope in her eyes as she speaks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At that time in my life, when I was so struck by diminished family closeness and the necessity of public life, church was a place unlike any other. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feeling of disorientation diminished for a time. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A major third could be written as a diminished fourth, for example, or a minor second as an augmented prime. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Something to—well, not to diminish what they were going to do. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is my father who looks diminished now. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The floor has stopped shaking, but the sound has not diminished. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It would have killed us even more, and we were already so diminished. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now, when I am no longer young, when my hair is fast growing gray, when strength begins to diminish, now I am beginning again like a child. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

His toe was now a deep and angry aqua, but the anger and much of the pain had diminished. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys on the neck stood in a pool of their own shadow, diminished to shaggy heads. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Appetites already cloyed by the night’s heat were further diminished. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlórien will fade, and the tides of Time will sweep it away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sound made by their wings came down distinctly, diminishing as they went away southward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sounds and smells were receding into the distance, the thudding of the footsteps diminished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my eyes, the birthmark did absolutely nothing to diminish her beauty. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he says, “consent feels nice. Letting people decide what’s going to happen with their tissue seems like the right thing to do. But consent diminishes the value of tissue.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If the pain didn’t diminish then, the familiar yet strange sights hypnotized me into believing that it had. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thing is, Jezebel, people will find a way to make you feel bad about yourself if you let them. But it diminishes you. What does diminish mean?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She and Royal and Red may have diminished the slave catcher when they last met, but it was Mabel who first laid him low. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Another widespread misconception is that numbers depersonalize or somehow diminish individuality. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Side by side they scaled the last height to where the diminishing pile was crowned by the last broken rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At least in some spheres, I was now Mrs. Obama in a way that could feel diminishing, a missus defined by her mister. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her temper had not diminished with the passing of time, and when a passionate nature is not eased with moments of compassion, melodrama is likely to take the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that as more and more persons were graduating from college in the sixties, the diploma’s value on the job market diminished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That experience seemed to diminish his faith in people, and he became even more quiet and withdrawn after that. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

However, strategies have evolved, including lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., as the global economic crisis has diminished public funding. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Once this braid was done, Pond would have nothing to diminish the effects of the radiation poisoning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he came out of the mist and their fears subsided, he seemed suddenly to diminish to ordinary hobbit-size. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I honestly don’t know whether it would be better to forget or be able to remember, but it physically hurts being forced to watch Nana diminish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The chord built on the seventh degree of the scale is a diminished chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And even the idea of marriage would diminish Josef, spoil him; this is not his place in the scheme of things. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She is very old. Her sight is somewhat diminished. But she can still be used as a resource.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All aboooooard,” he said, climbing back into the car as the caboose flashed by and the thunder of the train diminished gradually into the darkness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some saw the phrase as wrongheaded and divisive, freighted with racially exclusionary shadings that would diminish white support. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The weight of his steel seemed to hardly diminish the grace and quickness with which Ser Loras moved, his rainbow cloak swirling about him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even having to acknowledge that debt could not diminish my delight in our hour of music. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heirs, Mrs. English and Mrs. Jarchow, had removed a vanload of clothing and furniture, yet the atmosphere of a house still humanly inhabited had not thereby been diminished. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that I would never forget the great change of my life, the diminished occasions of intimacy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the call came, I was able to say nothing to diminish Fiona’s anger or bewilderment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, cosmetic diversity, which focuses on providing opportunities to individual members of under-represented groups, both diminishes the possibility that unfair rules will be challenged and legitimates the entire system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The association went on to say, “We especially wish to apologize to all those who felt offended, discriminated against or diminished by the choice of the artist in question.” Belgium Drops Rapper from World Cup Song After Sexism Outcry 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

The remaining members carried on in the eighties and nineties, playing in front of diminishing crowds, performing songs that made money for the guy who was no longer there. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

As I grew older I figured my chances only diminished. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z

A fount of austere self-righteousness and a terror to his family, he becomes diminished by the monomaniacal pursuit of justice. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-05-08T17:07:43Z

In “Gravity” we see her hope diminish as she tries to explain her predicament, to no avail. The Carpetbagger: A ‘Gravity’ Short for a Winter’s Day 2013-12-10T21:54:38Z

This is not to diminish Williams’ responsibility in telling, and retelling a false and patently self-aggrandizing version of his 2003 experience. Brian Williams: Personal branding got in the way of the news 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

But hip-hop isn’t the oligarchy it once was, New York isn’t the hub it once was, and Hot 97 isn’t the only game in this diminished town. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z

Last week, worrying aloud, he took aim at what he saw as the diminished critical standards of the literary blogosphere. Are professional book reviewers better than amateurs? 2012-10-01T10:21:40Z

All the failures seem to do little to diminish the zealous anticipation that overtakes you around the January seed rack. The ground is cold, but the seed market is open for business 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Subtract any one part, and the meal is diminished. A Meal (and History) in a Box at Taiwan Bear House 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

When Ms. Lange was growing up, she heard her relatives banter about the diminishing power of that ruling class. Liz Lange Lets the Sun Into Grey Gardens 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Underlying office work has always been a sense that it’s a bit dehumanizing and a bit degrading and a bit diminishing,” said Haigh. We hate the office. We love the office. Do we want to go back? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Sort of diminishes the power of that dad story. The Apprentice 2013: episode 11 live blog 2013-07-10T21:01:39Z

With rosé, that begins by ignoring efforts to diminish expectations. There’s More to Rosé Than You May Think 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

It's a joke that's repeated several times in the show, with diminishing returns, because she genuinely is extremely beautiful, though an element of exaggerated arrogance is essential to the relationship with her double-act partner. When it's better to be funny-looking 2011-08-11T14:22:08Z

A move to a meager Paris apartment only accelerates their diminishing circumstances. ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ Review: Growing Up, Far From Home 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

I remember standing on the curb, cradling my house as I watched my parents negotiate the diminishing free space in the car. I finally own a home – and can relax my 'transient immigrant' aloofness 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

She released three subsequent albums that received diminishing attention. Lady and the road back for 2 soul singers 2013-03-22T16:13:00Z

Prolonging the series was simply good business, even if later installments had diminished the revenue stream and exhausted the content. Box Office: 'Saw 3D' Slashes to No. 1 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

The scenario Card describes, in which an author's rights are diminished because he or she doesn't actively defend them, is associated more with trademark than with copyright. The Boy Who Lived Forever 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z

Mr. Prigent’s second career, in antiques, lasted for decades as his eyesight slowly diminished. Roger Prigent, Photographer Turned Antiques Dealer, Dies at 89 2012-12-17T03:34:26Z

Europe's capacity and willingness for overseas expansion would be further diminished by an empire manqué – Germany – gone mad in its midst. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z

Even in this broken and diminished world, Adams is saying, it is possible — no, it is imperative — to exult and sing. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

However, despite much less successful films from the late 1960s onward, Mr. Lewis’s status was never diminished in France, where his best films are regularly shown in Paris’s art house cinemas alongside other world classics. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

Her social ascension widens the physical and psychic gap from her traumatized childhood self, but that distance is too easily diminished. Women's paths diverge in Elena Ferrante's epic 'Those Who Leave' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

“We are disappointed that this seminal work is going to be so radically altered that it will have diminished integrity.” Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Redesign Is Approved 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

More telling for Strafford’s investigation is the way the Roman Catholic Church held enormous sway — politically and emotionally — over the country and its people, a sway that has only recently diminished. John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in me, or I believe in any of us, that wanted to diminish any of those struggles,” she said. Emma Stone, Jonah Hill and the Art of Keeping Viewers Off-Kilter 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

The other three films appear here on small video monitors, which diminishes their effect. Barry Gerson: ‘The Parting of the Clouds’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

But alas, Bigelow was not among the names read Thursday morning, leading to inevitable speculation that Bigelow and the film were diminished by the many objections to the movie's much-debated depiction of torture. Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director's seat 2013-01-10T17:25:12Z

Critics say that the money would be better spent refurbishing deteriorating branch libraries, and that the changes will diminish the library’s role as a leading reference center, essentially turning it into a glorified Starbucks. New York Public Library Counters Critics of Renovation Plans 2012-04-15T21:05:53Z

In many ways, Lipa, 26, is a pop superstar for diminished times. Dua Lipa Brings Her Lockdown Anthems to the Arena 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

But the technique of subtly diminishing minority voices as speaking from raw emotion and implicitly framing their white counterparts as unbiased parties is a deeply familiar, and itself irrational, one. Dear white Hollywood: Here are 3 things you need to hear about your defensiveness on race 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

“They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings.” 21 Pieces of Writing Advice From Stephen King 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

The law of diminishing returns kicks in, a force as immutable in theater as in a market economy. Capitalism as a sideshow fleece: That's 'Captain Greedy's Carnival' by the Actors' Gang 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

And here he is quite superb in the central mad scenes, taking us inside Lear's tortured mind without diminishing the king's residual moments of cruelty. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z

But the effect was diminished by the participation of Mr. Chavez, a spirited but sloppy mover whose facial expressions constantly indicated difficulty in chewing something. Dance Review: Roclan Gonz?lez Chavez in ?Kings of Salsa? - Review 2011-10-18T20:50:41Z

While our tasting raised questions, it did not diminish my interest in falanghina. Tapping Into the Potential of Falanghina 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Now in her mid-50s, she understands a thing or two about the plight of menopausal women, some of whom have an acute sense of losing themselves, of their diminishing social value and relevancy. Rosie Perez Hates Flying, but She Soared in ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

In the film, she talks about her failing eyes, and her difficulty walking, but finds amusement in her diminishing resources. Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

Now, her balance and strength and speed are diminished, but she tells me that if trails give her problems, she runs in the street. She made a career out of studying the brain. Then hers veered off course. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

In "Handmaid's Tale" Serena Joy is psychologically and emotionally diminished, and loses a finger for aiming too high in the patriarchy whose foundations she laid. "Lovecraft Country" sorceress is America's Next Top Karen, joining TV's other ultimate Karens 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

But there is a crisis developing, he feels, though it is one brought about because of the increasing age of parents, rather than of diminishing fertility. The male infertility crisis: ‘My failure at fatherhood ate away at my very being’ 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

“He is quite optimistic and brimming with energy and life, and they’ve never been able to diminish that for a moment despite what they’ve put him through.” Black Panther film fuels calls for release of jailed political activists 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

But you get diminishing returns at some point because your brain’s so tired. ArtsBeat: Another Installment of Civilized Conversation With Charlie Sheen 2012-06-14T13:00:26Z

When I became aware that he actually played this role for multitudes of people it didn’t diminish how lucky I felt. Alan Rickman remembered by Ian Rickson 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

These days, the Legion of Honor has a money problem, perhaps a reflection of its diminished status in modern-day French society. | Much Ado About the Legion of Honor 2013-08-02T15:37:00Z

Research, however, calls into question the theory that sex diminishes sporting performance. Don't give up sex, Matt Cardle 2010-12-15T18:01:47Z

Wood could have used a bar of Masonite and glue to compensate for the imbalances, but that would have diminished the accuracy of the maquette. The Secret Stunt Doubles of the Art World 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

This is one of the promotional stunts Gaudet pulls in order to draw attention to the diminishing papyrus swamps of Africa, what he considers to be one of the world’s most pressing ecological problems. John Gaudet’s hymn to ‘Papyrus,’ the ancient plant facing an uncertain future in Africa

Growing up in the welfare state, it was possible to believe, and to find evidence, that class division and inequality were diminishing and might one day be gone. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z

Beyond a general feeling of Batman fatigue, some readers say that proliferating versions of the character have diminished what was special about the first “Dark Knight.” ‘Dark Knight III: The Master Race’ Comic Book Prompts Reflection and a Look Ahead 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

The end result: “Britain was diminished” and “British power was in decline.” Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century Was Dealing With a Lot, Badly 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

So in that sense, my involvement in the show has diminished over time, though, I’m still here whenever they want to talk to me, and I’m always glad to weigh in. George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

"If you do comedy constantly it is always going to be diminishing returns," he said. Steve Coogan brings comic relief to sorrowful story of 'Philomena' 2013-11-21T22:16:55Z

But as my ability to recall pointlessly obscure film, TV and music trivia increased, so my ability to talk to the opposite sex diminished until I wondered if I'd ever talk to a girl again. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z

Some characters’ parts are almost cut entirely, diminishing the effect of the final twist of the film and causing it to fall flat. Hollywood’s despicable whitewashing continues: This bland Keanu Reeves cop thriller started as a diverse, female-centered bilingual drama 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z

Although Rocky Mountain National Park’s popularity has only increased since its inception, there was a time when the Stanley Hotel’s grandeur diminished. Leaf-peeping and spooky vibes make Estes Park, Colo., a dynamic fall destination 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

“It’s something where I was just diminished, and it wasn’t even conscious on their part,” she said. Rita Moreno: Pathbreaker, Activist and ‘A Kick in the Pants’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

But the increasing demand for Bitcoin among stock market investors has done much to diminish these associations, he and others said. What Can You Actually Buy With Bitcoin? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

In fact, the ability to cope and handle homeless life may be significantly diminished in children who have grown up in very sheltered, religious environments. The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z

Those random things that are the fabric of our lives are so greatly diminished. Seeking Solace in Art 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

She was aggrieved but cool, reasonably assailing the ways in which the mainstream often diminishes the work of black women. Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill, Twitter’s Ethics Police 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Instead of diminishing the music, small-scale concerts offer the chance to bring it into our daily lives. In unusual New York City venues — such as restaurants — the taste for classical music expands 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

In a world where X Factor contestants are no longer guaranteed Christmas No 1s, the power of TV as a mass medium is diminished. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

Although once upon a time the United States coastline was thick with wild shrimp in many parts of the country, including California, Maine, Oregon and Washington, environmental factors and overfishing have left fisheries extremely diminished. What Are We Supposed to Think About Shrimp? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Though this transferred power from the designers to the brand, and Calvin Klein remained a commercial force, its aesthetic identity and influence were greatly diminished. Calvin Klein Names Its First Chief Creative Officer 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

“When I came I tried to resurrect the idea, because it had diminished. But the huge challenge is real estate. Stratford works because it’s a town where actors can afford to live and raise children.” In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

“The word ‘but’ tends to diminish or erase what went before, as in, ‘You sound so disappointed about missing Julie’s party, but it’s only one party.’ How to be a good listener: the experts' guide 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Their characters may be on screen a lot, but their importance is sadly diminished. 'Kung Fu Panda 2': Hyperflexed 3-D takes kick out of sequel 2011-05-24T20:04:05Z

You can find articles claiming laughter lowers your blood pressure, reduces stress and anxiety, burns calories, boosts your immune system and even diminishes your chance of heart disease and dementia. If Comedy Is Making You Feel Bad, You’re Not Paying Attention 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

With her fortune diminishing and her family ever dependent on her, she agreed to stage a tour. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

Those on the Marxist left and the free-market right may imagine themselves to be ideological enemies, and yet both camps place their faith in an economic determinism that diminishes human complexity. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

They fought as men with rapidly diminishing options do: Desperately. In France, Vestiges of the Great War’s Bloody End 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

In addition to diminished voting rights and persistent police brutality, he cites the resurgence of armed vigilantism as an eruption of some very old forces “that refuse to die.” When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

“Scotch is a globally cherished drink, and the supply of rare bottles is diminishing because people actually drink it,” said Andy Simpson, a co-founder of Rare Whisky 101. Scotch Prices Rise at Auction, but Rivals Make Inroads 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

The reviews were mixed, and Mr. Jones’s output diminished. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

That can lead to the diminished power over people’s lives within nation-states. Dystopian doom or global village? What the internet will look like in 2025 2014-03-12T17:00:00Z

Lawyers for the university argue using the name could "diminish, dilute and tarnish" its own brand. Wayne heirs sue over Duke nickname 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Will the loss of the network’s most popular host set off a ripple effect that diminishes the rest of Fox’s lineup? Bill O’Reilly’s gone — with $25 million in severance. Now the hard work really starts for Fox News. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

But it’s the book’s single gross misstep, and one that hardly diminishes its insight, power, or pathos. Barbara Loden: “A Woman Telling Her Own Story Through That of Another Woman” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Their 2014 album, “Hypnotic Eye,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, a testimonial to fans’ lingering loyalty in an era of diminished disc sales. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, the memorial hasn’t been overwhelmed by a clutter of individual names, which would swamp the plaza in particularity and diminish its collective appeal. American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial has impact larger than its size

My big fear was that I’d be diminished by a mastectomy, that I’d never again feel whole, or truly confident or comfortable with myself. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Being black isn’t an insult, it’s a privilege, and something I’m proud of, but it’s when it’s used to diminish your talents or your accomplishments that it gets frustrating.” Issa Rae: from Awkward Black Girl to HBO star 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

Because when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in their face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration. Kanye West: Grammys 'lack respect' 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Everything and everyone is diminished through the eyes of this critic. Review: The Big Apple Circus Is Ripe for Another Bite 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

But in this film, the battles Jack wages with his health humanize, not diminish, him. 'The Kennedys' paints a flattering portrait 2011-03-31T11:15:09Z

Viva Soudan, as the evil Stork, adds a bit of fearless fun to the mix, but her role gradually diminishes. Review: ‘Dumbo,’ With Glitter and Lap Dances, Takes Flight at Jack 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

The question is whether it will draw so many more visitors that the qualities that made Mount Fuji a cultural asset in the first place will be diminished. Update: Mount Fuji, So Popular It Hurts 2013-08-13T14:57:06Z

Negative feeling towards the new Ghostbusters film does not appear to have diminished since the release of the last trailer. New Ghostbusters trailer exhumes extra Slimer and Chris Hemsworth 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Such nudging, by trying to separate the dancer from the dance, diminishes both. Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

It might seem that to evaluate it like this might diminish it, but it won’t. My son eloped and cut me out 2012-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I would never seek to diminish anyone’s experience,” Jackson said in a statement. Betsy DeVos meets sexual assault survivors after her deputy apologizes 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

“But it didn’t feel like her. CGI-ing her eyes seemed to diminish what she was doing.” Queen Olivia Colman, an epic budget and a cast of thousands: a year behind the scenes on The Crown 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

The novelty is that the words are presented in logical sequences and in diminishing or augmenting typeface. Ed Ruscha Continues His Wordplay 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

But on days of drizzle and drifting cloud the keep diminishes, like an amateur drawing half erased. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

"This wasn't a case of diminishing sales or lack of inventory or anything like that." Easy Street Records closing Lower Queen Anne branch 2013-01-03T03:33:32Z

At the beginning of the season, I wondered if these issues would diminish my admiration for Bausch – yet, oddly, I've found them irrelevant. Pina Bausch's World Cities – what's the verdict? 2012-07-08T17:30:01Z

More typically, the scholarship written to disprove her connection to Jefferson routinely diminished Hemings’s humanity. Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

The authors contend that the Warren Burger-led Supreme Court dramatically diminished the scope and impact of the Earl Warren court’s precedents. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

It is part of a series documenting her return to her mother’s native village in Slovakia, capturing the lives of its diminishing inhabitants and, in turn, the fractured past and future of Europe. Women Photograph: war, weddings and nightclub queues 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

Factory work provides a diminishing share of working-class jobs: There were 43,000 iron and steelworkers last year, compared with almost 2 million hospital and home health aides. In ‘Behemoth,’ Manufacturing Still Looms Large 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

“And so I had to figure out how to make that happen but not diminish the fundamental blackness of the thing.” Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

It is a space of diminished influence and relevance, a haven for the dull and complacent. Critic’s Notebook: Foster the People and Young the Giant Have New Albums 2014-03-19T22:12:53Z

She is one of thousands of people buying portable lasers and lights that promise to polish skin, eliminate blemishes, smooth wrinkles or diminish rosacea. Skin Deep: Assessing Those Laser, Pulsing-Light and Sonic Skin Care Products for Home Use 2011-10-05T22:30:11Z

But none of that diminishes my gratitude for my stormy lap of the world with Erik. ‘Crushes Thrive in Small Spaces’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Our relationship with both trees and sources of water have sadly diminished over the centuries. Ash dieback reaches Cumbria - a county where the tree plays a special part in history and folklore 2012-11-13T10:34:18Z

However, the matter of diversity in criticism is compounded by the fact that opportunities for all critics have been diminished. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

While even Beethoven's deafness is seen as ennobling, however, our vision of Schumann as spent, lifeless and inert only diminishes him. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z

However, subsequent films have diminished in popularity with critics, especially after Wan and Whannell quit creative duties altogether for the fourth instalment. Original Saw film tipped for remake 2012-08-08T14:57:39Z

This novel, in fact, disappears faster than a red-velvet cupcake, even when you try to read more slowly because the diminishing number of pages means you’re unfortunately getting closer to the acknowledgments. An Elinor Lipman feast: new novel, new essay collection 2013-05-08T23:42:09Z

Sometimes, as I am sure Scorsese knows, bootlegs reveal far more than official releases, and the weight of being an “Authorized Release” somehow diminishes the end result. Protest music?s odd conservative turn 2012-05-21T15:38:00Z

True, but if you're a wealthy man with massive currency on the right — especially among its younger members — your profile may not necessarily diminish after being evicted by a media giant. What Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon's firings say about the impact of episodically dominant figures 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

“This is not a diminished product in any way,” he said. City Ballet Creates A Troupe For Touring 2011-01-06T22:45:21Z

It floundered dramatically in Act III, but nothing diminishes the pleasure of hearing Mozart's most inventive operatic score, boisterously played by the English Chamber Orchestra. Billy Budd; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Idomeneo/ Queen of Spades – review 2012-06-23T23:05:37Z

The group, which started in 1980 in Athens, Ga., was a commanding force in music for two solid decades and a venerable, though slightly diminished act in the third. R.E.M. Says Goodbye With Its Last Single 2011-10-19T16:45:29Z

Reduced to a laptop screen — “a recording is always a diminished experience,” the show’s director, Alexander Devriendt, says as the video begins — the show’s exploration of banality often becomes merely banal. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

Everyone agrees that the confirmation process was ugly, leaving the Senate and Court diminished. The Kavanaugh hearings: Angry white men get to be righteous; angry women “a mob” 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

To some, it was evidence that the job had diminished in importance — that he was, to quote one Michael Wolff article about Mr. Truman, “Chaunce the Gardener.” James Truman, A Crown Prince in a New Kingdom 2013-08-16T21:00:35Z

With a diminished field of would-be blockbusters to choose from, “Soul” may sneak in and become the first animated film nominated for best picture since “Toy Story 3” in 2011. Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like? 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

Throughout Jackson's confirmation hearings, members of the GOP attacked her judicial history and diminished her expertise in an attempt to prohibit her eventual nomination. “The View” calls Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse's hypocritical stance against KBJ "pathetic" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

But their physical impact is diminished by the repetitiveness of their forms. Blue McRight, 'Drink Me,' at Samuel Freeman 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

But the family said the focus on youth had diminished Eisenhower’s other accomplishments. ArtsBeat: Eisenhower Family Welcomes Some Proposed Memorial Changes, Rejects Others 2012-05-30T19:46:30Z

The effect of the diminished ranks was on display at President Trump’s Monday night buffet of fast food served to the visiting national college football champion team, the Clemson Tigers. Melania Trump’s office cut in half and White House residence has skeleton crew during shutdown 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

Most evenings we opt for a light and simple supper then move onto the porch for a cold dessert once the heat of the day has diminished. 2 pies and a sherbet: refreshing, super-simple cold treats to enjoy as the weather heats up 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

But might reimagining the Force along Judeo-Christian lines actually diminish its power? The six key questions Rogue One: A Star Wars Story must answer 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

But an anxiety, industry insiders say, is that other shows will limp along and then fold, contributing to an image of diminished strength. New York City can’t rebound without Broadway. And Broadway’s road back is uncertain. 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

In the vast parking lot outside the site of the main location, 30 Star Waggon trailers are parked side by side, in diminishing perspective toward the low horizon. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Terminator Genisys: ‘I’ll be taking a beating or two’ 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

“Inexplicable prices can diminish the confidence of some collectors.” Will Global Jitters Dull the Glitter of New York’s Art Gigaweek? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

"The trend of the diminishing number of children coupled with growing population of the elderly is rapidly progressing," he said. Japanese throng shrines to pray for profitable 2017 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

Will its online presence diminish its longevity as a stage phenomenon? Perspective | As ‘Hamilton’ becomes a movie, suddenly we’re all in the room where it happens 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

The diminishing of nation-states? Will our borders blur as we connect? Dystopian doom or global village? What the internet will look like in 2025 2014-03-12T17:00:00Z

The so-called Myth of the Lost Cause is racist history, insofar as racist history systematically diminishes or ignores the experiences of an entire race. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z

All she had left were her doctor's appointments and her diminishing medical options. You can't resolve your way through New Year's grief 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

SciLine interviewed Hilary Seligman, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, on rising grocery prices, the misconceptions about hunger in the U.S. and how food insecurity diminishes school and work performance. Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes — and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

That polarization has diminished the quality of the elected leadership while breeding a sense of alienation and suspicion among the populace. 'It's easy to make someone a monster' - behind a Roger Ailes documentary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The war could only be won by destroying the “insane love of power” everywhere — in the home, where women are diminished, and in politics, where brutes triumphed. The Power Women of Mecklenburgh Square 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

An audacious example of the duo's continued boundary-pushing, or a gimmick to disguise the diminishing returns that are the inevitable fate of all dance acts? The Chemical Brothers 2010-05-21T21:00:00Z

The long and difficult journey of “Licht” was paralleled by a steady diminishing of Stockhausen’s reputation; after a while even new-music aficionados tired of his narcissistic, singular devotion to the opaque theology of the operas. An Operatic Conundrum Untangled 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z

Yes, definitely – but without diminishing the quality of what we do, or trying to be all things to all people. Portrait of the artist: Marin Alsop, conductor 2010-06-14T21:30:00Z

Diana’s story, and the title’s metaphor, are real — by the mid-20th century, the Old South was greatly diminished. Review | Southern historical fiction gets the soap opera treatment in ‘The Dying of the Light’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

As if to offset the diminished violence in “Police Story II,” the coda shows real injuries and actual blood. ‘Police Story,’ When Jackie Chan Swung Into Action 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

I find it difficult to know how to reassure him that this in no way diminishes my attraction to him. My life in sex: the partner of a man with erectile dysfunction 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Some of them warned that a separate racial classification would inevitably link them to blacks, diminishing Jews in the eyes of other Americans. Donald Trump, Jews and the myth of race: How Jews gradually became “white,” and how that changed America 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

A tightly contained drama, it simplified what had been the operatic convention of extravagance, carefully integrating dance and diminishing spectacle. Joffrey Ballet dazzles in L.A. Opera's 'Orpheus and Eurydice' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Dancing was diminishing in the ’80s, so I stopped in ’88, because I saw that it was all going pop culture, and I didn’t think that was valuable. A Word With: Merrill Brockway: Merrill Brockway?s ?Dance in America? for New Generation 2011-09-16T23:59:09Z

This is charming at first, but over the course of more than 90 minutes it yields diminishing returns. ‘Ruben Brandt, Collector’ Review: Stealing Inspiration From Great Art 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

He elicits from his cast the kind of freedom usually reserved for stand-up acts and comic cabarets without diminishing the integrity and ambition of the playwriting. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

It is sad to see such a strong figure so physically diminished. Perspective | Michael Nesmith invented country rock. Or maybe something even better. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

When that happens, it diminishes what we’re trying to make, which in my mind’s eye is a family drama set in hell. ‘The Walking Dead’ Says Goodbye to Andrew Lincoln. Sort Of. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

PATCO’s strike soon became a fiasco of diminishing morale and failed public relations. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

To say that Babbo’s long suits are its pasta and desserts is just to praise those courses, not to diminish the others. Adventure (Try a Goat’s Head?) Is Still on the Menu at Babbo 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

But weakening empire, worldwide political alienation, diminished standards of living and growing inequality – these things that characterize the political landscape in 2012 have understandably provoked feelings of fear. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

“That gave me the confidence that, hey, I can do this, too, and that it could be freeing. The good thing about doing things by math is that it diminishes the politics of a situation.” Best Sellers Sell the Best Because They’re Best Sellers 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z

But none of that diminishes the beauty of the film’s first act. Review: A Young Man Searches for His Lost Family in Semi-Effective Lion 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

“In doing so, the State Act diminishes ‘the market for the products of Indian art and craftsmanship,'” Goodwin said. Judge rules Oklahoma Native American art law too restrictive 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

In spite of the legacy of block printing in India, demand diminished in the early 20th century with the advent of cheaper, machine-made fabrics and chemical dyes instead of vegetables dyes. Special Report: Asian Art: Indian Print Artisans at Work 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z

But plans were thwarted by disputes with the National Park Service, which operates the park, and later with opponents who said the development would diminish the site’s landscape and history. ArtsBeat Blog: Architect Named for American Revolution Museum in Philadelphia 2011-11-01T13:28:40Z

“If the founders don’t watch their concept like a hawk as it grows, it will diminish, and the reasons why it became successful will fall away.” Could Matchbox become the next Cheesecake Factory? 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z

This insight did nothing to diminish his zeal for tobacco; Freud was so addicted that nonsmokers offended him. Freud’s City, From Couch to Cafes 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

This new outbreak, which I won’t diminish by describing, goes on a bit too long, but it’s deeply affecting, and brave as a piece of dramatic writing given the risk of sentimentality. ‘Eighth Grade’ Review: The Agonies and Glories of Growing Up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

But taken together, they reveal a full range of aesthetic and racial possibilities that exist for their African American characters once the white gaze is diminished or fully removed. What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

But he said the power of photography had been diminished in recent years because of its ubiquity. Steve Schapiro, Photojournalist Who Bore Witness, Dies at 87 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

He gave individual instruments considerable freedom while maintaining a never diminishing orchestral glow. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s partly educated guesses and partly the diminishing number of films headed for the Oscar race; that’s the direction Hollywood is moving in,” Ms. Stone said. Oscar Race Leaves Showbiz Reporters Hungry to Guess Winners 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

And it is leaving not on its hands and knees, but while still champ -- not kicked from the air after a long diminishing slide, but as a still-conquering force in its Saturday-night three-hour time slot. 'Sabado Gigante' is not just an enduring TV show, but a world of its own 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

But maybe with diminishing insight and increasing cynicism. Movie Review: ‘This Is the End,’ With Seth Rogen and James Franco 2013-06-11T18:01:14Z

Ferrante’s novels are about the deep, irregular flashes of resistance that a woman experiences within a society that diminishes her. When Women Signify Too Much 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

By both implication and direct action the white racial frame diminishes the value and worth placed on the lives of black and brown Americans. White America’s death crisis: The pain is real, but our perception is warped by the “racial frame” 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

“It was really a shockingly wrongheaded decision for our Treasury secretary to diminish the status of our greatest Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton,” he said. Currency Demotion Strikes Unwelcome Chord at 'Hamilton' Rehearsal 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

McQuarrie, taking that inner seriousness seriously by filming Cruise’s stunt work with an earnest exaltation, unintentionally diminishes its power. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

I don't think that it any way diminishes the mistakes of yesterday. A Minute With: Rapper T.I. dips into comedy in "Identity Thief" 2013-01-30T14:47:01Z

All this normalises and diminishes violence towards women: if it is easy to laugh about, it is hard to take seriously. Have you heard the one about rape? It's funny now 2012-08-17T18:15:01Z

“I am not going to diminish how devastating the fires were, but Wine Country is here,” said Terri Stark, who owned Willi’s with her husband, Mark. After the October wildfires, California Wine Country is ready to pop some corks 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

Since the pandemic, the presence of artists from beyond Philadelphia appears to have diminished, but the festival still includes more than 180 theater, performance art, dance, circus and comedy shows. Making a Meal of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

The emphasis on Mia Farrow as the source of Allen’s diminished social and professional prospects is odd at first read. Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen’s strange charm offensive: An enigma wrapped in scandal 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Part 3 also adds a bittersweet layer to the discussion by including interviews, with experts and people on the street, about the Bible’s diminishing role today. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Fires of Faith,' Part 3 2011-10-30T14:30:37Z

“I just feel a little diminished and I’ve had enough of that,” she continues. Parker Posey: ‘I didn’t think I would work again – so I wrote a book’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Many of these views aren't uncommon among disgruntled liberals in South Africa, and Brink is well aware that, as a white intellectual, he's easily dismissed as a person of diminished relevance or worse. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

With such diminishing returns, I don’t want any part of it anymore. I'm a Star Wars fan, but won't be watching The Force Awakens 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

After a backlash from fans and protest from his tight-knit family, Robertson was quickly reinstated and "Duck Dynasty" remains a hit -- albeit a diminished one. 'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson on jihadists: 'Convert them or kill them' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

But saying “I don’t” doesn’t diminish the influence they had by saying “I do.” These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

But despite this assortment of sad sacks, Rapp’s novel is surprisingly high-spirited, comic without diminishing the emotional depth of his motley crew. A musician slips into a kind of hipster retirement in ‘Know Your Beholder’ 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

This is why learning a skill is initially very much a conscious activity, with awareness diminishing as the skill becomes habitual. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z

But he observes that globalization diminishes America’s geographic advantages and erodes its unity. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

"We changed some elements to avoid a sensory overload but it doesn't in any way diminish it for the other family members." Parents cheer autism-friendly `Mary Poppins' 2012-04-30T18:19:05Z

In addition, presented complete, it made for a pleasing, symmetric whole rather than tailing off at 10 minutes with diminishing energy. Music Review: Seamless Mesh of Musicians Furnish Unified Sound 2012-11-15T22:56:17Z

And men feel their manhood diminished by a lack of prospects and cold, hard cash. Review: 'The Full Monty' at Village Theatre turns hard times into fun 2010-09-23T20:35:00Z

Those links have already diminished the prince’s standing. Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

“It doesn’t diminish my role in the family.” The evangelical women who visit strippers to 'show God loves them' 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

When a show provides me with a key of sorts -- and that's definitely what the extended poolside flashback felt like, a key -- it diminishes the character in my eyes. "Breaking Bad" 4x8, "Hermanos" 2011-09-05T14:06:00Z

“Wayward Pines” looks histrionic and affected, and with diminishing returns: If everything is sinister, then nothing really is. Review: In ‘Wayward Pines,’ a Small Town Reveals Its Layers 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Thus the blues exists on the margins of American cultural life, a quaint reminder of what once was, a sound with a colossal history, a diminished reality and a tenuous future. Can blues music survive the 21st Century? 2011-06-03T15:46:00Z

Ms. Germain, the housekeeper and local union representative, said when she started working at the resort in the 1980s, staffers had a sense of pride but that diminished under new management. Caneel Bay: Why a Caribbean Paradise Remains in Ruins 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

A roomful of gorgeous melodies performed on a landscape of diminishing returns. Review | Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You’ll want to journey to Broadway’s ‘North Country’ 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Every square kilometre of the affected maritime zone contains 50,000 indestructible items and, although they reduce in size, they never diminish in volume. What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by Tony Juniper – review 2013-01-19T10:59:00Z

Last week, feminists celebrated the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s book, which explores the ways in which traditional conceptions of motherhood and housewifery stifle and demean women and diminish society as a whole. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z

The debate on whether Marvel movies — and other comic book films — actually hurt the film industry and diminish the art form continues to be an ongoing topic among acclaimed directors and ardent fans alike. Nicolas Cage defends Marvel movies, defying Coppola's and Scorsese's cinema snobbery 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

The lack of rain in recent weeks and lingering summer warmth are likely to diminish the fall color show. The 15 best trees and shrubs for fall foliage 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

What Obama understood, and Trump perhaps doesn’t, is that seeing a President unguarded need not necessarily diminish the respect he commands as a leader. Donald Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

At times, it’s as if the motivating passion of the aged Max’s survival is to berate and diminish his son. Why Is Eddie Murphy in Cinematic Exile? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

Some of those women flourished, but not a few seemed diminished by their role as helpmeet and handmaiden, and if they got divorced, they divorced the identity they’d helped build and maintain. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

We also limited our price ceiling to about $150–any more and you’re talking about a piece of gear that will return diminishing returns. Best bluetooth headphones under $150 2012-09-30T16:00:00Z

It is composed of hyperboloids arranged in order of diminishing size. Shukhov Tower in Moscow Tower Placed on Monuments Watch List 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Far from diminishing Kushner’s text, this irreverence seems to weight his words further. Angels in … Australia? 2013-06-17T05:14:00Z

But such a declaration diminishes the breadth of El Sol’s ambitions. El Sol review: The best taqueria in Washington by a long shot 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

It diminished the emotional tenor of the piece, which was also a bit lost in the space. | Damn White 2011-01-07T21:00:41Z

However appealing, Mr. Reeves isn’t what you would call a live wire, even in his most invigorated action movies, and his mellow presence only helps keep the diminished energy at critically low levels. | 'Henry?s Crime': Man Needs Caffeine Jolt or Reversal of Fortune 2011-04-07T21:30:18Z

Ally’s rise doesn’t diminish Jackson’s star; he is the agent of his own ruin. Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

It felt comparably small, and therefore music video felt diminished. Good News for MTV’s V.M.A.s: Music Videos Matter Again 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

But its intermittent lags don’t diminish the overall satisfaction one feels in the film’s final act, when Leslie’s rocky road settles into something believably triumphant. Review: In ‘To Leslie,’ an Unflinching Working-Class Elegy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

With the succession of tragedies in her immediate family — all coinciding with changing markets in the art world in the 2000s — Ms. Landau’s interest in collecting diminished. Emily Fisher Landau, Patron of Contemporary Art, Dies at 102 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z

Marriages, affairs, alcohol, slackening skin, receding hair, advancing waistlines, swelling or diminishing bank accounts. How Richard Price does it: New York dialogue, only better 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Labour went from running the country to a diminished and divided opposition party under its current left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The Return of Tony Blair 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

And just as paid newspapers haven't diminished the role of media in society or its reach, paid online sites aren't going to reduce our impact. Why Free is Very Expensive 2011-06-10T22:00:00Z

Siegel’s lawyers were blunt in describing why their client was not responsible for the diminished assets. As a Film Revives Elvis’s Legacy, the Presleys Fight Over His Estate 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

“The law of diminishing returns is enforced so stringently that the movie succeeds not only in negating its own comedy, but its very being,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times in May. DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

Just as Headley removes him from the title of her version of “Beowulf,” she also greatly diminishes his role in the story. Review | The most surprising novel this year is a modern-day ‘Beowulf’ minus the macho hero 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

The occasional human presence serves not to diminish but to enhance the sense of emptiness, to bear witness to sites of vacant self-sufficiency without disturbing or intruding on them. The Archeology of Overnight 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

He cited the number of Italian restaurants in the neighborhood as a possible reason for diminished business, and plans to replace it in early August with this project. Belly, a Korean Take on Pork, Opens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

And it’s important to get on the same page, or you will head elsewhere with your feelings, which will diminish your relationship. Social Q’s: The Venting Process 2014-05-08T22:13:35Z

Mr. McBride’s oafish egocentric bad guy persona is starting to yield diminishing returns. Review: Economic Anxiety Leads to Violence in ‘Arizona’ 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

First, as Cheryl notes, this man’s power over your emotional life will diminish in direct correlation to your own healing. Is It Too Late to Confront My Abusive Ex? 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

And when you begin to care, the rectangle of the television set diminishes. Why Directing 'Game of Thrones' Is All About "Fear" 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

It is a substantive claim to diminish  women’s attempts to seek support from their social networks in the wake of a trauma. A comedian walks into a “mob”: “Inside Amy Schumer” writer’s rant against antirape culture deserves a backlash 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

I fervently wanted this reboot to be big enough to marry my childhood dreams with my adult belief that women aren’t ennobled by suffering or diminished by ambition. Why Disney's New Cinderella Is the Anti-Frozen 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

He left his foot where it was and began making loud noises that further diminished my enjoyment of the game. How Do You Handle Dining With Big-Spender Pals? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Bergman is aware that actors rarely have job security, including in the daytime serial realm where the number of shows has been diminished by changed viewing habits. ‘Young and the Restless’ marks Peter Bergman’s milestone 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

It's a funny conceit, but yields steeply diminishing returns. Judah Friedlander – review 2013-06-05T12:33:00Z

Adding wine as an ingredient of a good meal diminishes the need to focus on it. A Guide to Drinking Wine at Home 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Each tree that is felled diminishes the Amazon’s role as a carbon sink. Perspective | Amid the smoke of a burning Amazon rises the specter of the artist Roberto Burle Marx 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

Alan’s dreamlike story unfolds to become an emotionally stirring allegory about the frustrations of middle-class Americans coping with unemployment and diminished dreams in a newly globalized world. Michiko Kakutani’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012 2012-12-17T16:09:46Z

After a year of diminished returns and evaporating audiences, and a dread that things were bound to get even worse, the box office numbers made it seem like the good old times. The Devil Made Them Do It: No-Budget Horror Film Tops a Big Weekend 2012-01-08T21:13:19Z

What results is, in effect, nothing, which doesn’t diminish the Greeks’ connection with the missing marbles. Abroad: Demands for the Elgin Marbles Raise Art Partimony Issues 2010-05-05T19:10:00Z

In a unit on Christopher Columbus, Deville said he spends time creating a vision of the Western Hemisphere prior to European contact and does not diminish the violent ways Native Americans were treated. Teachers reimagine US history lessons with eye on diversity 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

Some analysts theorized that Mr. Cruise’s presence ratcheted up box-office expectations; others contended that coverage of his personal life has diminished his star power. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Tops Weekend Box Office 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

“Yet as the years roll by, and her royal status diminishes, as a peripheral figure of almost no consequence at all.” Crowds gather for second big UK royal wedding of the year 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Warhol’s cultural prominence has hardly diminished in the decades since his death, in 1987. Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

Plants that carry these kinds of tomatoes "will begin to diminish in vigor and will set little to no new fruit" after reaching peak ripeness, per The Spruce. An expert guide to summer tomatoes, from Beefsteak to Roma and Cherokee Purple 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Allison, a divorced father of three, was drawn to the movement after observing that popular culture can diminish the importance of men in families and society. A Fight for Men’s Rights, in California Courts 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

In the third-season première, which aired April 24th, Richard has been thinking of leaving his company rather than accepting a diminished role, but he agrees to visit Barker at his Mission-style mansion. HBO’s “Silicon Valley”: The Gayest Straight Show on TV 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Like an otter, but warm, she latched onto the shadowy tip and I watched, diminished by those amazing gulps.  Rita Dove's collected poems should put her back in the center of the American conversation 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

His standing weekly session at the pub with friends — “most Thursdays,” he said, dating back to 1976 — had become a diminished event even before Dublin’s watering holes shut down. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Let’s not go there, you and I. Unless I’m mistaken, “Prufrock” is a statement of the very ennui — the perception of a diminished world unable to satisfy a hungering sensibility — that afflicts Gil. | 'Midnight in Paris': Kicking the Old Ennui With the Lost Generation 2011-05-19T14:22:17Z

Refugees from natural disaster as well as from armed conflict over diminishing resources also threaten to destabilize large parts of the globe, if not all of it. Perspective | The photos of Greece on fire are shocking. But shock doesn’t always lead to change. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

He said his comments "diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks." The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z

Television may be in the midst of a golden era, but that hasn’t diminished the popularity of vintage TV series. Vintage TV fans can can catch their favorites on several networks 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

The fee depends on “their fame and their relevance at the time,” she said, and likely diminishes after their first child. Celebrity Pregnancy Is Big Business 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z

That, combined with a fragmented public health system severely strained by funding cutbacks, corruption and a trend toward decentralization has diminished the capacity for STI treatment and prevention, according to Corrêa. Brazil should address Zika virus like an STD outbreak, researchers say 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

And physical fitness is a sadly diminishing priority in too many young people’s lives. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z

The bold professionals who are standing up to their management will fight to bring us books from authors who for too long were excluded or diminished while publishers prided themselves on their pure liberal values. Perspective | The Philip Roth biography is canceled, Mike Pence’s book could be next — and publishing may never be the same 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

The 1930s were to see Whiteman’s popularity and income diminish markedly. ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

But then to add to one's diminishing stock of delights, one receives a press release – from CBS Drama – that promises "a Richard Chamberlain marathon!" Richard Chamberlain 2010-06-29T07:00:00Z

Given that Toyota is now a tarnished brand, its market share will diminish, even more so given that American manufacturers are offering compelling discounts on Toyota trade-in and are also now producing desirable cars. A Bad Odor From Toyota 2010-02-19T16:00:00Z

For some, that faith hasn’t diminished now that the investigation is over. Mueller’s report is done. Is there still a point in having a prayer candle with his image on it? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

But others argue that removing a statue from its place of origin diminishes the power of its historical significance. Trump Aside, Artists and Preservationists Debate the Rush to Topple Statues 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

None of that is to diminish Grammer’s work in the show, which was critically lauded, but this win certainly stands out as a head-scratcher, especially since it came during the height of “Breaking Bad.” Perspective | The 10 most baffling Golden Globe wins and nominations of the millennium. (Remember ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’?) 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Approach him in a genial way: “I’m sad about the way our friendship has diminished. Do you think there’s anything we can do to restore it?” My Ex and I Are Friends. Why Won’t His Wife Accept That? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

It held its ground as the genre diminished in popularity and the majority of soaps vanished. 'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 2013-05-08T18:46:08Z

It wasn’t the best or most challenging case Goren ever tackled, but it served its purpose, which was to show that Goren’s intuitive skills didn’t diminish as his psyche healed. TV Watch: Final ?Criminal Intent? Goes Back Inside a Tormented Mind 2011-06-27T15:05:08Z

Even cable networks, a longtime proving ground for the genre, are seeing diminishing returns. Reality TV facing its own reality: a ratings slump 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

“This historic season of ‘The Bachelor’ should not be marred or overshadowed by my mistakes or diminished by my actions,” he added. ‘The Bachelor’ host Chris Harrison stepping aside after ‘uninformed’ interview 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

Another thing I wonder about is whether the diminished primacy of the fall season is part of television becoming less standardized in general. ‘Fall TV’ Is Dead. But Buzz Will Always Be With Us. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

The songs use distinctive minor modes and diminished harmonies, long zigzagging melodies and a brooding, smoldering groove that often moves in six-beat rhythms rather than the 4/4 of American funk. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

But after my son was born, I felt diminished. Exercising to Slim Down? Try Getting Bigger. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z

As such, abusive work environments have been simultaneously glamorized and diminished over the course of many generations. "Still taboo": Eating disorders are a silent epidemic in professional kitchens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

It is not as if the number of movies featuring troubled guys wearing costumes and fighting evil has diminished since then. Movie Review: Robert Downey Jr. in ?The Avengers,? Directed by Joss Whedon 2012-05-04T13:44:22Z

It’s less effective telling the story in re-enactments — seeing healthy-looking actors in the prettily lit cave diminishes the impact of the story. ‘No Place on Earth’: A WWII survival tale brought to light 2013-05-02T21:21:52Z

Not always a bad thing, but a good singing has diminished in popular music too.” ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Where Are the Voices? 2011-04-18T12:00:41Z

Such feelings of unity and hope were quickly diminished once the winners for each category were announced. Louis C.K. and Kanye West’s Grammy wins once again show that "cancel culture" is not real 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Describing women as “wives” and “mothers” is often used as lazy, misogynistic shorthand to diminish their other achievements. ‘Unlike Hillary Clinton, I have never wanted to be someone’s wife’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

But it’s a cleverly wrought mystery that fits well on the small screen, helped by a strong cast and diminished expectations. The TV Watch: ?Scott Turow?s Innocent? on TNT 2011-11-28T18:47:35Z

“We didn’t even know him back then and didn’t meet him until years later. Since then, he has systematically tried to tarnish the Gang Starr legacy and diminish everything that Guru and I built.” Fans Were Surprised to Get More Gang Starr. They Almost Didn’t. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Lennon, ever the astute Machiavellian, employs a succinct argument that serves to vilify my brother and effectively diminish the value of the life he took. An incarcerated writer wrote a piece about apologizing to the family of the man he killed. Now the victim’s sister has responded. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

This lack of standardisation can diminish the credibility of decarbonisation schemes and potentially discourage farmers from participating. Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonization efforts — here’s why 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z

Estheticians are reporting a vastly diminished number of extreme hair-removal requests. | Dior’s $20 Million Contract, Transgender and 62-Year-Old Models and the Next Dame of the British Empire 2014-01-31T20:38:06Z

He thought that the diminishing reputation of his plays was a response to their continued commercial success. Neil Simon Drew Big Laughs, Then Came a Cultural Shift 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, the Royal made a DVD of the production, and the precious thing, though inevitably diminished, survives another translation of medium. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

This lapse, however, does not diminish the impact of the production, which leavens its bitterness with some hard-won redemption. ‘The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk,’ a One-Man Show 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Seinfeld said he hopes his announcement will help diminish the stigma of autism, an unequivocally laudable intention. Jerry Seinfeld’s not helping: Celebrities with autism distract from reality and research 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

No amount of findings can diminish both the agony and fear that continues to plague the tight-knit community of Tulsa. The 5 most shocking moments from “Keeper of the Ashes,” Hulu’s Oklahoma Girl Scouts murders doc 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

The diminishing returns in such ingenuousness were apparent in 2007, before the cash started rolling in. Dance Review: Misnomer Dance Theater at Joyce SoHo 2011-12-12T23:21:34Z

Even as he grappled with back pain and diminished energy in recent years, he pushed forward with a busy schedule of conducting and performing. Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

He added that Kardashian donning the dress was damaging its preservation and overall, diminished its historical significance. Bob Mackie slams Kim Kardashian for wearing Marilyn Monroe's 1962 gown, says it "was a big mistake" 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

That it lies below the surface here doesn’t diminish the pleasures of SSC’s impeccable production. Oscar Wilde’s elegant wit shines in Seattle Shakes’ ‘Earnest’ 2014-03-26T23:59:36Z

I like, too, the idea that, by dint of his need and diminished status, George might be pitiable to William, in the way Benji is pitiable to George. Emma Cline on the Movie Business 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

It's just the nature of things, becoming less attractive, becoming less sexual, becoming diminished by the criteria of youth and beauty. Moby is happily boring now: "I look at the desperation that I had ... I don't glorify the past" 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

The best of those texts are magnified rather than diminished by being seen through more than one lens. In Hollywood, must ‘white’ always equal ‘universal’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

It was apparently funded 100% through product placement, but this doesn't diminish the entertainment value of what could be Morgan Spurlock's best movie so far. Morgan Spurlock for sale. Buy, buy, buy 2011-01-24T15:02:37Z

We know that getting people to be involved in politics in ways that are fun does not at all diminish political efficacy, and if anything, it keeps people connected. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Two impenetrable, outrageously expensive, painfully long sequels that only succeeded in diminishing the appeal of the original. 'We're gonna need a smaller boat': where should Pirates of the Caribbean 4 make its savings? 2010-05-06T13:13:00Z

“We’re planning to streamline our budgets but not to diminish our mission.” Met to Cut 100 or More Jobs in Push to Steady Finances 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Flanked by representations of a Native American man and an African man on foot, the shadow of the president on horseback is diminishing by the day. Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

“Our need for that exterior god, that sits up there and judges us ... will diminish and eventually disappear.” Collective consciousness to replace God: author Dan Brown 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

But given the barriers to bringing older films to market at a time when DVD sales are diminishing, it would be churlish to complain. 2010-02-06T01:50:00Z

A moment of "high risk", the BBC in danger of being "diminished" and "stuck in an analogue cul-de-sac", unable to adapt to the rapid changes in digital media. Tony Hall: 'High risk' period at BBC 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Straight talk from architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne last week about Mobility Plan 2035, with which the city hopes to diminish the dominance of the car and encourage other forms of transportation like bikes and buses. Essential Arts & Culture: Beyond the Broad 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

Made in 2008, roughly the midpoint of this survey's span, it’s 21 inches tall, a scale that miniaturizes but in no way diminishes its subject. Nancy Evans marries metaphor and myth at Jason Vass gallery 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

And that's not to diminish the importance of protesting because it matters, but we need real change. "40 Years a Prisoner" confronts the police we're supposed to trust "telling bold-faced lies" 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

What was it like to be diminished in that way? “He’s a pretty scary dude”: “House of Cards'” Michael Kelly on another season as political fixer Doug Stamper — and why he’s supporting Hillary 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

But the ease of our journey did not diminish the significance of the destination. How global warming has changed what it’s like to travel to the North Pole 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Art critic Martin Gayford, whose portrait Freud painted, says the NPG show demonstrates that the artist's powers intensified rather than diminished with age. From Yoko Ono to Leonard Cohen ? the old masters finding new inspiration 2012-02-10T19:24:18Z

The phrase “cult favorite” gets thrown around for just about anything with an identifiable fan base these days, diminishing its true meaning as a badge of honor and admission among certain subsets of antisocial weirdos. Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Even so, this hyperbole does not completely diminish Khoudi’s character, which is complex and deftly rendered. A ‘Little Family’ Against the World 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

The tallest waves, closest to the central pier, are designated for advanced surfers, while intermediates and beginners can fan out along the diminishing waves at the edges of the lagoon. Monday’s Travel News: A Surf Park in Wales; Talking Statues in Chicago 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

“In a world where privacy and security are more and more diminished, those few square feet and those few minutes alone are becoming more precious and more valued.” Girls, Insecure and Stranger Things: how bathrooms became TV’s safe space 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

These succeed only in diminishing the street life of the city. How the Garage Became America’s Favorite Room 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

The simple power of Brown’s “Accumulation,” a gorgeous work in which dancers execute gestural movement on their backs and eventually rotate 360 degrees, is diminished by the overhead shot. Review: A Choreographer Looks Back on His Pandemic Year 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

This strategic blunder has guaranteed the relative isolation and diminished influence of the Christian left in the face of a rising tide of religious conservatism. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z

Sunday's premiere of CBS' "Big Brother" and the second week of ABC's "Rising Star" both delivered diminished ratings, according to early numbers from Nielsen. TV ratings: 'Big Brother,' 'Rising Star' down; 'Reckless' opens low 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

It generates electricity from garbage, greatly diminishing the amount of material that will end up in landfills. Exhibit highlights architecture as a product of its environment 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

His popular fame did not diminish the respect with which he was regarded, especially among those involved in the archaeology and history of landscapes and settlements of the medieval period, his core interests. Mick Aston, archaeologist at the heart of Channel 4's Time Team 2013-06-25T16:35:38Z

What they had to say matters, and to pretend otherwise is to deny them the same agency that writers who diminish them as “little girls” do. Punk rock made me a lefty 2012-08-24T15:13:00Z

You can decrease the size of the container as your bar diminishes, then expand it when it is time for a full-size replacement. At the annual Travel Goods Show, plenty of pack-worthy products 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, however, the memory of Our Friends ... has not diminished. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z

Good nam prik is made in a mortar, a little at a time, and though it’s often called a “dip” or “relish” in English, translation diminishes it. At Nari, a Thai Chef Revitalizes Fine Dining 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

It all began with a shot of a vulture perched on a highway sign that read “Anarchy Road,”  apparently the main highway by which Australia’s rapidly diminishing oil supply is transported.  “Nostalgic for the apocalypse”: George Miller’s long, strange trip to “Mad Max: Fury Road” 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Over the years, I don’t think the nervousness of watching the results diminished. Why Are We Still Obsessed With Princess Diana’s Style? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Once a diminished whaling town, Nantucket, Mass., salvaged its future by transforming itself into a vacation destination for New England’s elite. For Cyber Monday, Hotel Deals With an American Accent 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

When writers make these characters do such idiotic things, it diminishes the show. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

Except Big Man, Small Kid movies are unfortunately subject to diminishing returns. Big man, small kid: why the bodybuilding babysitter is a recipe for movie success 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illness, he writes. Preschool Without Walls 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

They feature him as a sad-sack artist, overly self-aware, given to self-important flourishes, which are just subtle enough to be realistic but not so much to diminish their absurdity. Funny, Kooky and Short on the Net 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

Knowing how it ends doesn't diminish its power; rather it comes loaded with a crushing inevitability. Spartacus: box set review 2013-04-18T14:00:02Z

The band would be greatly diminished without him, as proved by an interval when he disappears and guitarist Martin Gore takes centre-stage for Higher Love and When the Body Speaks. Depeche Mode – review 2013-05-29T14:19:15Z

But as dining rooms open, Virojanapa doesn't think that the popularity of takeout options will diminish. How restaurants are reopening safely, from transforming horse stalls to using disposible menus 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

A few stories are diminished by endings that flinch. The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Were the women either consciously diminishing or unconsciously blocking out the fact that a vast scope of things stoked them instantly toward lust? Daniel Bergner: 'Women's desire is an underestimated and constrained force' 2013-07-05T21:34:00Z

Above the lower ledge, hiker traffic diminishes as you ascend. Top 10 snow-free (mostly) winter hikes within a yodel of Interstate 90 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

As age diminishes her sex appeal, her career correspondingly suffers. Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

Although curtailed trick-or-treating may diminish this year’s sugary hauls, the Creative Kitchen, which hosts cooking classes for children, offers its own recipes for healthy alternatives as well as for a few obligatory sweets. 8 Things to Do This Halloween Weekend 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

"This means municipalities, even fiscally responsible municipalities, must pay more because of the diminished Illinois credit rating," Kirk's report said. Kirk report calls state's debt 'unsustainable' 2011-10-11T11:00:00Z

The police force, diminished by huge layoffs, seemed helpless to restore order. How Ronald Reagan Triumphed 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

His reverence for the literary and spiritual traditions that the Brahmins embody is diminished by his growing awareness of the privileges they continue to wield, even in a modern democracy. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

Eventually, a conventional fermentation is completed, but the process generally yields a wine that is light, fresh and fruity, with diminished tannins. You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

But as the activity diminished in one corner of the Internet, it seemed to be getting bigger and stronger in another, Pinterest. Anorexia’s scary online empire 2012-07-28T12:00:00Z

As before, the comedy doesn't diminish the suspense. TV picks: 'Wrong Mans,' 'No, You Shut Up,' 'Downton Abbey' 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z

His is a current model of movie stardom that’s diminished but not without common sense, too. A Different Brand of Leading Man 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Certainly in hindsight these stunts reveal a degree of parody and performance that are much less funny in light of his diminished integrity. Jon Stewart’s Brian Williams dilemma: How will “Daily Show” handle a friend becoming a punchline? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

At that point, the chances of a full recovery diminished substantially. An epidemic of absence 2012-09-09T13:00:00Z

And as the force of incursions has increased, age-old means of self-support have diminished. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z

The way the clergy dress is partly to diminish our individuality. United front: breasts without the airbrush 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z

But in recent years Baldwin’s presence has diminished in many high school classrooms. James Baldwin, Born 90 Years Ago, Is Fading in Classrooms 2014-04-24T11:30:01Z

As others have pointed out, the hothouse experimentalism that allowed talents to break free has somewhat diminished, and we have formulaic, rinse-and-repeat and rather juvenile material. Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust 2013-03-19T15:20:24Z

That actually provides a measure of financial protection; NBC’s rival networks are down, too, and few events reach an audience as large as the Olympics, even in a diminished state. NBC perseveres after rough start in transitional Olympics 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Did those feelings diminish with your later Oscar wins? ArtsBeat: Alan Menken Goes for the EGOT (and the REGOT) 2013-08-05T13:08:16Z

As Tina, Emma Bell won the audience’s sympathy, and her powerful soprano sometimes covered the voice of Andrew Watts, thereby symbolically diminishing the power of Fate. Music: Opera on Lake Constance: Love, Death and Fate 2011-07-26T11:00:06Z

But generally speaking, the critic's influence is quickly diminishing. Film 2010: First night review 2010-10-14T12:40:00Z

“Yes, it’s aggression against the father, but it’s aggression against a whole world absolutely dead set on diminishing women.” Louise Bourgeois Shares Her Deepest Secrets 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

And please avail yourself of a good therapist for your son if the anxiety ramps up or doesn’t diminish after many weeks. A fearful first-grader refuses to be alone, and that means his single mom has no privacy 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

But the strongest earthquakes in more than three decades are not expected to diminish a centuries-old Mexican tradition. In burgeoning Day of the Dead parade, Mexico remembers earthquake casualties 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

Do the cognitive skills required diminish with age? Elderly Acting Just Might Improve ... Line, Please! 2013-09-09T22:24:53Z

Biden’s comment the next morning immediately diminished that, as LSU was still celebrating and hadn’t even managed to get back to Baton Rouge, even if it wasn’t intentional. Analysis | Jill Biden’s gaffe about women’s basketball and its endless fallout 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

Then again, if Ms. Dean’s swelling, nakedly emotional and often intricately structured music is the reason to see the show, it also diminishes the poetry. Review: ‘Renascence’ Introduces a Thoroughly Modern Millay 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Funding now flows from private foundations, with the National Academy's contributions diminishing. Hollywood teams up with scientists to make sci-fi more believable 2012-06-09T04:32:03Z

Defense attorneys counter that Murray already faces a lifetime of shame and diminished opportunities and should receive probation. Doctor to be sentenced for Michael Jackson's death 2011-11-28T22:36:18Z

With its aging audience and diminishing advertising base, talk radio has become an increasingly unprofitable format for giants like Cumulus and iHeart, he noted. On conservative talk radio, efforts to tone down inflammatory rhetoric appear limited 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

None of that increases the viewer’s pleasure, but it doesn’t necessarily diminish it, either, and you can always focus on Isaac’s nervous fidgeting, shy stubbornness and dodgy accent in his scenes as Steven. ‘Moon Knight’ Review: Raiders of the Lost Identity 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

The risk in any updated production is that characters can appear too ordinary and diminished, a particular problem in dealing with the volatile gods and complex mortals of the “Ring.” Music Review: A ?Ring? Made of California Gold 2011-06-16T22:15:29Z

Nicole is simply the celebration of how Internet culture has diminished the useless practice of labeling women hollow dumb blondes, or that at least, now, labeled women have more forums in which to label themselves. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z

And yet, given that even a diminished Office gets better ratings than any comedy on NBC right now, a ninth season seems a foregone conclusion. Help Wanted: Now James Spader Leaving The Office 2012-02-28T14:39:12Z

When he was a toddler, his parents were told he would have diminished intellectual capacity. They Met on the Court. They Both Won in Love. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

The haunting powers of the bar graph at Marconi have diminished. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark? 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

Over time the threat of humans reaching the place would diminish and watery walkers would eventually subside somewhat. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 2: The World Said Enough 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Cuts have diminished council planning departments to the point that, sometimes, only controversial or fiercely contended applications are truly scrutinised. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

“Knowing about Sally Horner,” Weinman rightly says, “does not diminish ‘Lolita’s’ brilliance, or Nabokov’s audacious inventiveness, but it does augment the horror he also captured in the novel.” Review | Was ‘Lolita’ inspired by a true crime? A new book offers tantalizing evidence it was. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Poetry needn’t be a call to action but this one raises many questions, not the least of which is: What and whom should we root for in today’s world of diminished dreams? Review | Poetry need not be a call to action, but ‘The Long Take’ is 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

A courtroom thriller of frayed familial relations and diminished responsibility, this marks the first attempt at drama by David Dobkin, best known for larky farces like Shanghai Knights, The Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up. The films to watch in autumn 2014: from Gone Girl to Mr Turner 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

He traveled the world picking locks while handcuffed, held upside down, submerged in water, straitjacketed or sealed in darkened containers, cramped, with quickly diminishing levels of breathable air. At the Houdini Museum, in Scranton, Pa., indulge in a different kind of escape 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

She noted that all the years Renner had spent on the effects-intensive Marvel movies had not diminished his touch with normal human co-stars. Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

This picture is a heavy-handed pursuit of diminishing returns, given that the male lead, Vincent Elbaz, is equally unappealing as a creepy alpha male and a befuddled representative of oppressed manhood. In ‘Set It Up’ and 2 Other Netflix Comedies, No One Emerges Unscathed 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

In fact, like trying to describe the artist who made it, to untangle the track’s allure would only diminish its mystery. Aphex Twin's 'Syro': A labyrinthine EDM gem 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

I’m sad that she can’t be supportive of me and that she thinks that my happiness somehow diminishes hers. Mom seeks balance in checking on teen 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

But we are reaching a point of diminishing returns. Satoru Iwata's game plan: Learn from Hollywood 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Then the law of diminishing returns kicks in. Review | ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ as a sitcom? Call it ‘The Bardy Bunch.’ 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

She's replaced the cosmos with an underwater world of endangered creatures filmed in diminishing coral reefs. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-08T23:05:26Z

They talk about it a lot on Fox News, this idea that the white population is diminishing. "Patients would come 9 or 10 times": What we can learn from the first time abortion was banned 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

After that, their accuracy diminishes to a point at which you wouldn't rely on them to decide your outerwear, let alone chart your course. In Transit Blog: An App That Can Predict Sunny or Stormy Drives 2012-06-22T19:00:30Z

He disputed the critique that his book was overly focused on Roth’s intimate relationships and diminished the women in his life. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

The scale, the expansive environments, the exploratory freedom – none of this is diminished. Assassin's Creed III – review 2012-12-23T00:06:49Z

Mr. Jonas’s direction is also savvy, a reflection of the diminishing number of musical options available to a would-be pop heartthrob. Nick Jonas, at Terminal 5, Sings His Hits and Covers, Too 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

I've known all along that Wagner was an anti-Semite, and it hasn't in the least diminished my admiration for his work. Charlie Rose, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey: Rebuked. Now What Do We Do With Their Work? 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

To think, not so long ago we were grumbling about diminishing legroom and escalating baggage fees. Rick Steves, Samantha Brown, Phil Keoghan and other travel pros reflect on being grounded 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

Moreover, the scanty historical background presented in the exhibition’s annotated illustrations is almost mischievously diminishing. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z

Professional climbing is largely a man’s world, but rather than examine this dynamic as he does countless others, Synnott uses descriptions that further diminish and objectify the women he encounters. Chills, Thrills and Spills: How Alex Honnold Conquered El Capitan 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

The late portraits, of a thinning, questioning, diminishing figure, still curious about himself and his world, are moving and remarkable. Edvard Munch: the ghosts of vampires and victims 2012-06-22T21:55:13Z

Characters have been diminished and plot lines condensed from the more-than-500-page novel, but the bones of Mr. King’s story remain. Television Review: ?Stephen King?s Bag of Bones,? on A&E - Review 2011-12-10T00:29:04Z

The effect is to diminish the book’s own strong, early message: that when anger does not rule, a society flourishes on reciprocal, mutual activities, such as dancing and gathering in parks. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

A late painting, made in 1901, when he was supposedly too diminished by alcohol to do substantial work, is one of the most intense in the exhibition. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

I’m not calling it a sermon to diminish the import or to discredit its essential truth. In the religion of calling bullsh*t, Jon Stewart was both preacher and disciple: “If you smell something, say something” 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

The convivial chaos of some of the old pub theaters has diminished in recent years, with the tidying up of the bars into cafes or gastropubs. What Goes Best With Drama: Red, White or a Pint? 2011-07-19T22:40:19Z

And in the process, Catherine de' Medici is again diminished. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

But Presley’s rise, in particular, also heralded a change in musical tastes that diminished Ms. Starr’s mainstream appeal. Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

To the side a gigantic clock ticks off the diminishing minutes of Violetta’s life. Music Review: Natalie Dessay in ?La Traviata? at the Met 2012-04-11T21:29:22Z

But if its appearances have less novelty value than they did a generation ago, that hasn't diminished the quality they almost invariably provide. This week's new live music 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

The humbling of “Ascendant” mirrors the fate of the YA genre as a whole, which has been experiencing diminishing returns in recent years. The fall of “Divergent”: The final film will bow on TV — here’s why it matters 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

Overall though, the less-than spectacular combat does little to diminish what is ultimately a spectacular experience. Mass Effect 3 Review Roundup: Pleasing Even the Usual Critics 2012-03-06T15:45:15Z

Closer to home, sweet Maine shrimp would make an excellent substitute if it weren’t for the fact that the fishing season was canceled this winter because of diminished stocks, resulting from rising ocean temperatures. Butter and Shrimp Make Holiday Magic 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

But in these spaces, the idea of “interacting” with the world is made so slickly transactional that our role is hugely diminished. The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

He contrasts the diminishing job opportunities in Europe with the growth in Brazil, but does admit that, when he joined, the quality of playing was variable. How Marin Alsop plans to put São Paulo Orchestra on the map 2012-08-14T18:00:02Z

The impetus to open it derived from Mr. Capa’s growing anxiety in the late 1960s about the diminishing relevance of photojournalism because of the increasing use of film footage on television news. Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Mostly, though, her body – strolling around stage – didn’t seem to reflect any sense of urgency, which diminished the performance’s energy. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 10 raise the bar 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Where “The Men’s Club” offers over-the-top operatics, “The Throwback Special” gives us hidden neuroses; as a result, the men of Bachelder’s novel can tend to look, in comparison, diminished. Two Novels About Frustrated White Men, Thirty-five Years Apart 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Alternating like clockwork between live numbers and soft insight dulls the film’s rhythm, diminishing the excitement it’s going for as it counts down the days to showtime. ‘Justin Bieber: Our World’ Review: A Pop Star Enshrouded 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Recorded music inevitably diminishes the effect of a dance. What Is the Future for Modern-Dance Companies? 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

The musicians, on violin, guitar and vocals, are higher caliber, though frequently diminished by poor sound design. Review: ‘Lorca Madly in Love’ Portrays a Forbidden Romance Through Flamenco 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

But segregating our cities diminishes their promise—it makes them less equal, less democratic, less livable, less safe, and less able to sustain us all. Can cities desegregate? 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z

The commercial classical recording industry, as it was configured in its late-20th-century heyday, is vastly diminished, and there is little money to be made in the business. Digital and Direct Sales Now Bring Orchestras to Fans 2010-04-02T20:56:00Z

“When intense desire occurs, they want to act on it then as it will likely soon diminish.” When she wants sex more 2013-04-28T11:00:00Z

Many fans of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor launched a "Justice for Johnny" movement on behalf of Depp while also poking fun at Heard's testimony in an attempt to diminish her abuse allegations. Enduring love and fear: 5 surprising takeaways from Amber Heard's "Today" show interview 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

And, she notes, none of this news — the Rana Plaza catastrophe was widely covered — diminished Americans’ appetites for cheap clothing. How Fast Fashion Is Destroying the Planet 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

The under-30s in particular are being priced out of owning their own homes, paid lower wages and left with diminishing job prospects, despite a strong economic recovery being enjoyed by some. Under-30s being priced out of the UK, says Alan Milburn 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

Ryan Stone soon finds herself alone, drifting into the void, with a tragic backstory that diminishes her desire to get home. 'Gravity' highlights personal adversity in deep space journey 2013-10-01T13:09:17Z

But “jewel” and “gem” have been diminished in a critical context, so let me use another word, which cannot be diminished: Chekhovian. High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Presumably intended as a compliment, this erasure of Boulogne’s name not only subjugates him to an arbitrary white standard, but also diminishes his truly unique place in Western classical music history. His Name Is Joseph Boulogne, Not ‘Black Mozart’ 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z

They diminish their subjects or else succumb to hagiography. film: Anti-Biopics Series at Anthology Film Archives 2010-07-09T07:25:00Z

That night — which really ruffled feathers when the after-party started late, leaving guests standing outside the Howard Theatre — has become emblematic of Theatre Washington’s dangerously diminished fortunes. After Levy, what next for Theatre Washington and the Hayes Awards? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

I felt diminished in a way I can’t even begin to address in this question. ‘The Comedy Womb' is creating a healthy environment for laughs 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Now, with an actual child on her way, I wondered again about telling her stories of a world diminished. Where Are All the Wild Things, Daddy? 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

The actress Blair Brown likened her to Prospera at the end of Mann’s gender-switched production of “The Tempest” — not diminished but powerful and heading into a new world of possibilities. A Thousand Goodbyes for McCarter Theater’s Emily Mann 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

At some point, surely, the returns will begin to diminish, and in Final Destination, they already have. Has Final Destination reached its nadir? 2011-08-19T23:06:58Z

Health insurance funds affiliated with both Equity and SAG-AFTRA are facing criticism after making insurance harder to obtain because of sharply diminished revenues. There’s Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

It should be needless to say, but probably isn’t, that a seismic love and respect animate Amis’s portrait of the diminished Bellow. In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

Gene Pellerano, the roaster, said he will sell beans only within four days of roasting, because the flavors diminish with time. Maine, One Coffee Roaster at a Time 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

To have gravitas means to inhabit your history, and not to be diminished by your losses. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

The trail diminished into a rough two-track before turning uphill and developing into a true trail, overgrown in spots. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

For Shannon Morell, 40, the fear of going public was diminished by the desire to tell their story. Mich. couple write book about embryo mix-up 2010-04-30T22:10:00Z

This is not to diminish the pain of being burned by family. Where’s the line on keeping a family member in your life? 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

For all the hints and parallels with Eden, Philip and Sue's journey from suburban complacence to slightly diminished suburban complacence doesn't really support the Miltonic frame of reference. The World Was All Before Them by Matthew Reynolds – review 2013-01-11T20:00:05Z

This double CD only reached No 58 in the US, reflecting the diminishing popularity of the G-funk sound and Death Row's imminent implosion. Nate Dogg obituary 2011-03-16T17:33:19Z

Though that diminishes the play’s takeaway, such quibbles rarely rise to the surface as you watch. Review: In ‘Chester Bailey,’ a Case of Physician, Shrink Thyself 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

This is Robinson’s 55th year as a Girl Scout leader, and she still projects a vitality and sense of leadership that is not diminished by her use of a walker or wheelchair. Mass. woman relishes scout leadership for 55 years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

Christopher Dinolfo proves amusingly hammy at times, as a histrionic gentleman of the company whose status is diminished after women begin assuming the female leading roles that belonged to him. Review | Oh, Nell, you deserved better! ‘Nell Gwynn’ is a disappointing new play at the Folger. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

But again, we never felt diminished by that because my parents were so empowering. Elaine Chao explains why she doesn’t see herself as a Washington insider 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

That’s all the truer now with movies, because the role of the studios and of wide releases has diminished. Why Movies Still Matter 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

As the lighting must stay low for the images to surface, the cheerful and tuneful Ms. Williams remains shadowed for most of the play, diminishing engagement. Theater Review: A Dizzyingly Visual ‘Orlando,’ at Montclair State 2014-04-11T21:48:37Z

The musicians say they rejected the company's offer, saying the financially diminished company doesn't guarantee work or pay. New York City Opera announces musician lockout 2012-01-08T19:32:09Z

When they are present, their ethnicity is questioned or diminished, as with Andromeda in Greek mythology. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Although Heyman’s book was a collection of fine-art photographs, it, too, aimed to provide women with a rousing reaffirmation of their own corporeal and emotional experiences, many of which had historically been hidden or diminished. Abigail Heyman’s Groundbreaking Images of Women’s Lives 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

In both cases, the lines drawn between fine art and craft seem to be diminishing. Form, function and the feminine 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

His name is Victor Ohanion, and any resemblance to Mr. Pelecanos’s own work on “The Wire” is diminished by the fact that the fictitious show, “Tanner’s Team,” sounds awful. George Pelecanos Explores New Terrain in ‘The Martini Shot’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

They almost dissolved on contact with the tongue, their ability to ferry flavors seemingly diminished by their ephemeral nature. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

For what it’s worth, calling someone an idiot diminishes the whole person while “acting like an idiot” addresses only the behavior. Carolyn Hax: When is an idiot not an idiot? 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

The electrified Dubai audience on Thursday signaled the passing decades have in no way diminished her popularity. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

If there's no monarchy in England, a massive piece of English appeal, if you like, has been further diminished, certainly for the overseas, a sense that the country shrunk again without it. "Never offer the Queen an ultimatum": Why it's good to be Queen, but no one else in the royal family 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

By diminishing the opportunity to experience the arts or to study them and the humanities – literature, philosophy, history, religion, languages – we condemn future generations to a life a little less than human. Richard Eyre: arts cuts will result in cultural apartheid 2011-02-15T12:53:26Z

Knew that in moments of insecurity and national crisis, often civil liberties were jeopardized and diminished, and we needed to stand strong. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

By reducing noise, Dolby diminished the listening experience. In defense of noise: Damon Krukowski’s 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

The dementia of her final years did not diminish her gentle sweetness. Kitty Godley obituary 2011-01-19T18:04:09Z

Any utilitarian argument for art will succeed only in diminishing the thing it's arguing for. Richard Eyre: arts cuts will result in cultural apartheid 2011-02-15T12:53:26Z

She feels Haart diminishes the intellectual and professional strides that women in the community have made. Netflix Series Stirs Debate About the Lives of Ultra-Orthodox Women 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Ralph was walking at the edge of the wide road, diminishing rapidly. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z

It was never meant to diminish the injustice done to African American artists or to any other people that struggle for equal opportunities and rights; on the contrary. Julie Delpy apologises for controversial Oscars diversity comments 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

The rest, anyway, is well known: brief manic stardom, diminishing sales for four astonishing solo albums, the long slow trek to a place where he was in control. No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker, edited by Rob Young - review 2012-07-27T21:55:02Z

Paradoxically, Doctorow’s choice to go small made for a bigger book, while Mathews’s broad scope diminishes his story’s intimacy and the reader’s emotional engagement. ‘The World of Tomorrow’ captures swirling New York in 1939 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

But the show almost immediately diminishes Jones’s little oasis of good feeling by having Cage reveal to her his real motives for tracking Antoine down. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 6: The Truth Comes Out 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

The point of the work has not diminished, and the restoration for me, merely adds another interesting facet to its social history. Silvio Berlusconi's restoration work is no cock-up 2010-11-22T11:40:00Z

As the market for port has diminished somewhat, Douro producers began turning to still wines, and have successfully raised their level of quality over the years. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Both the dying Hugo and the diminished Toby might benefit from this arrangement. Review | Fans of Tana French are in for a surprise with ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Some have called these plain cases of plagiarism; others have suggested that they diminish or else entirely scuttle the idea of Dylan as an original American voice. Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

But few like to talk about the diminishing crop. Imports, small harvest hit famed New Mexico chile peppers 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

That rhythmic distance is a drag and sonically diminishes the whole. Sleater-Kinney continues the conversation in 'No Cities to Love' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The class’s seven members released a statement on Friday blaming the administration for the program’s diminishing quality. U.S.C. Fine Arts StudentsDrop Out in Protest 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Amanpour’s coup illustrated something else, namely the diminishing relevance of network anchors on the scene. The TV Watch: As Crisis Plays Out Live on TV, Commentators Hurl Brickbats at One Another 2011-02-05T03:29:25Z

A diminished endowment hurts because many performing arts organizations rely on investment earnings to help finance their operating budgets. Metropolitan Opera?s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million 2011-10-11T02:17:33Z

Working your way north with a car full of winter gear, the traffic diminishes with each highway exit. On Maine’s Slopes, Plenty of Elbow Room 2013-01-04T18:54:04Z

It showed a bell curve of creativity — a burst of inspiration and work followed by quickly diminishing returns. Bonzie Longs for a Post-Pandemic ‘Reincarnation’ 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

“It’s decidedly wrong to use resources that have been given into our collective care in ways that diminish the ability of others to share in abundant life.” American religious leader blasts “sinful” climate denial: “We are making war on the integrity of this planet” 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

“This is ego. When there’s that kind of adoration for that many years, there’s nothing you can do to diminish that ego.” Bill Cosby’s ‘Far from Finished’ tour pushes on. But will it be his last? 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

This is the 33rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which continues to expand even as its cultural interest and resonance diminish. ‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

It’s an unexpectedly defensive detour, as if the mere mention of privilege is an attempt to diminish Ridley’s hard work or talent. Daisy Ridley: ‘JJ Abrams warned me that Star Wars is a religion’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

The law of diminishing returns states that there is an extremity of weirdness beyond which curiosity becomes increasingly morbid and Jackson operated way beyond that point. Rewind TV: Upstairs Downstairs; When Harvey Met Bob; Michael Jackson's Secret Hollywood; Toast 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z

He soon discovers that the town itself is dying, a victim of factory closures and diminishing economic opportunities. Review | Greg Iles bounced back from a catastrophic car crash with a monumental trilogy. He’s not done. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

And I just feel like the validity of what I have to say has not in any way been diminished by the fact that I’m a couple decades older. Natalie Merchant sees right through the sexist music industry: “The patriarchy wants to dispose of women at a certain age” 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

Instead, those memories I yearned to diminish represent most of our story. From Russia With Mixed Feelings 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

Each new Die Hard film – the gratuitous second, the pointless fourth, the actively terrible fifth – serves only to diminish the glory of the original. After Terminator: franchises that deserve a mercy killing 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

According to researchers from Fraunhofer Society, a German research institute, it has to do with the way that altitude and air travel enhance or diminish our relative senses. Why does tomato juice taste SO much better on an airplane? 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

But how about noticing the tiniest vignette from a minor romantic comedy and turning it into a meditation on man’s diminished significance in the Atomic Age? Richard Matheson (1926–2013): The Wizard of What-If? 2013-06-28T20:55:11Z

And although in old age we are familiar with diminished hearing and vision, let us use our deficits to pull closer to taste, touch and smell. Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop? 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

Instead it is a celebration of soldiers that understands that their courage does not diminish or burnish those who decide not to fight. Theater Review: ‘The Steadfast,’ a War Drama by Mat Smart 2013-01-26T00:54:17Z

That enthusiasm will never diminish, and the thanks will always go the other way. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

It's not only the things you miss out on, it's the ways in which being sick diminishes your sense of self, he says. Tom Bidwell survived cancer at 15. Can he now win an Oscar? 2011-02-24T20:30:00Z

One of the reasons patients find condescension from doctors especially loathsome is that it diminishes them — if you’re gravely ill, the last thing you need is further diminishment. A Surgeon Not Afraid to Face His Mistakes, In and Out of the Operating Room 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Classical artists are rare these days, in any field; when one passes, the world’s store of strong form diminishes, and our plates seem pale. What Joël Robuchon Meant for French Cooking 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

I loved her strength — not just her physical power, but the idea that she wouldn’t allow her voice to be diminished by anyone. Michelle Obama: By the Book 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Because a woman’s youth, he explained, “is a fragile and diminishing resource.” Stop Telling Women Our Most Valuable Asset Is Our Youth 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“It had all those juicy components,” the actress said, “not to diminish the story in any way, but as far as I think what people grabbed onto then.” ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ 20 Years Later: For Trans Men, a Divisive Legacy 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

"I want every kid to see themselves in a book, and by taking a reductive view of a certain story, you are diminishing their lived experience." Why you shouldn’t censor your teen’s reading (even the sex and violence) 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Naysayers try to diminish the accomplishment by noting that CNN hit rock bottom last year with some of its worst ratings ever and is benefiting from a strong news period now. Morning show is latest CNN change under Zucker 2013-06-15T15:37:08Z

The stark contrast between these two views of Naoufel — the relaxed and the visceral — creates a dizzying seesaw that diminishes any deeper consideration of embodiment. ‘I Lost My Body’ Review: The Quest of a Severed Hand 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Without the salmon, the soil is diminished, and the trees are more susceptible to fires and invasive species. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Drinking a pastis in the summer does not exactly sap the will or diminish the energy. Pastis, a Perfect Aperitif for the Lazy Days of Summer 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

I am not a “stepmom,” and “friend of the family” diminishes our relationship. Feeling the Pull of Mom’s Judgment 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

But even the films we have often live on in diminished states. Film Riches, Cleaned Up for Posterity 2010-10-14T22:49:00Z

At each of these points, the signal can be distorted or somehow diminished. Is 'The Beatles in Mono' necessary? Yes and no. 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

In recent productions that include “Once,” “The Glass Menagerie” and “Let the Right One In,” Mr. Tiffany has proved himself without peer in creating fluid, tantalizing images that capture things ineffable without diminishing them. Gabriel Kahane’s ‘The Ambassador,’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Rather than flash through a series of nostalgic malapropisms, wouldn't this transparency over IE's diminishing relevance be better served by a series of images we actually associate with Internet Explorer? The new Internet Explorer ad: what's the point? 2013-03-16T06:00:00Z

His diminished psychological state is mirrored in the film’s whiplash-inducing cuts — from his feet to audiology textbooks to close-ups of slugs — that almost never stop. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

Which only diminishes the impact on those who have actually suffered terribly at the hands of it ... Does Sugar Ray Leonard's sex abuse story hold up? 2011-06-13T22:01:00Z

But as generation followed generation, opportunities diminished for direct interactions with the dancers of Mr. Sims’s vintage, all of whom are now dead. Tap Dance, and the Hard Work of Making It All Look Easy 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

But without diminishing the importance of vigilance and common nautical sense, there is nothing in their wakes to alarm a moderately experienced sea kayaker. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z

Late summer becomes a challenge for basil lovers: The plants you planted in May are getting old and want to flower, which diminishes the flavor. Five annuals to plant in late summer

Instead of embracing ambient’s potential — its capacity to soften barriers and loosen ideas of sound, politics, temporality and space — the music has become instrumentalized, diminished into sound-as-backdrop. Ambient Music Isn’t a Backdrop. It’s an Invitation to Suspend Time. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

None of the charisma and charm that made him a star have diminished. ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Review: Hiding in Plain Sight 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Most “Paranormal” installments raise the technology bar a notch higher than their predecessor, often to diminished charm. Review: ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’: Goodbye to All That 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

On one canvas, for example, the word “Galaxy” is inscribed in large letters at the top, followed in a pyramid of diminishing characters by “Earth,” “U.S.A.,” Ed Ruscha Continues His Wordplay 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Klaproth says his client’s case is not diminished by the earlier lawsuit. Ex-server sues Bombay Club owner, claiming he was stiffed overtime 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

“I kind of do. Just, objectively speaking, I find that it diminishes the magic of the experience if they know too much coming in. They have preconceptions.” Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

This is probably the only instance in which François rather than diminishing what he sees actually adds to it instead. Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Unlike most lethal plagues of the past that struck relatively fast and hard, these are chronic conditions that diminish and degrade their victims' quality of life for decades. Why antibiotics are making us all ill 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

A diminished show next year may be an acceptable price for taming a rank part of the garden. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

On Tuesday’s edition of “The O’Reilly Factor,” Bill O’Reilly addressed the War on Christmas, a strangely anachronistic conservative cause that takes issue with people who try to “diminish the celebration of Jesus’ birthday.” Bill O’Reilly had a psychotherapist diagnose “sadistic” atheists 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

That doesn’t diminish their suffering — everyone is struggling in a different way — but Bufka encourages them to try to look at all they have. ‘Oh, we’re still in this.’ The pandemic wall is here. 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Norsigian’s lawyer contends the statement by the center, which is not a defendant, “diminished the value” of the find. ArtsBeat: Another Legal Twist In Ansel Adams Case 2010-12-18T00:35:16Z

Forget about choreography that stretches dancers; couldn’t they at least find choreography that doesn’t actively work to diminish them? Dance Review: ‘Stars of the 21st Century’ Ballet Gala at Koch Theater 2012-10-22T04:40:05Z

Was it justifiable resentment against technocratic elites by blue-collar workers with diminished opportunities? With the People’s Vote March, Brexit Goes Down the Rabbit Hole 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

In public, it enabled him to diminish Nazi Germany's significance on the grounds that, in the city of man, as opposed to the city of God, bad behaviour is only to be expected. The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield by Michael Bentley ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:05Z

This crisp and enlightening exhibition, slimmed but not diminished from its initial outing at Paris’s Centre Pompidou, restages the instruction, debates and utopian dreaming at the most progressive art school in revolutionary Russia. 22 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Those tend to be about someone's rights being diminished. Activists take a stand with rhymes 2010-10-25T15:37:00Z

This strange phenomenon did not diminish or pass, but stayed cruelly with me. Patti Smith on Singing at Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Ceremony 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Further privatisation will widen the care gap and the so-called austerity programme diminishes every aspect of our life. Ken Loach: We need a new movement to defend the NHS 2013-06-27T10:22:50Z

"I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity," Jolie wrote. Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause 2013-05-15T15:08:25Z

Despite the fact that “The Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World” helped Hollywood have its biggest year ever in 2015, folks like Steven Spielberg have long warned that these returns may be diminishing. Hollywood execs aren’t scared, they’re just dumb: If research shows movies about women make money, why do they still have to fight to be made? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Their number diminished sharply after Villaraigosa announced last week that he wanted protesters to vacate the grounds by Monday or be forcibly removed. Police dismantle Occupy camp in Los Angeles 2011-11-30T13:00:14Z

But the films they made afterwards were so shiny, so full of big, clever, computer-generated monsters, that with each one it was really a law of diminishing returns. Jupitus 'avoiding' Star Wars trailer 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

And as Josh Duhamel told EW this week, "The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered." Famous alums say goodbye to "All My Children" 2011-08-05T19:50:00Z

Yet in an important and diminishing way, you are in charge, not Cameron. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z

“Our ability to collect over time is going to diminish. Time is the enemy.” Time brings more treasures to the Holocaust Museum 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

You can put a lot of other media besides e-books on these and that may somewhat diminish the ultimate focus on e-books.” Small Bookstores Say They’re Thriving, Even Without Big Hits 2012-12-17T23:10:07Z

Restitution will not diminish museums; quite the contrary, Hicks argues, it is key to their renewal. Best Art Books of 2020 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

His lawyers said in court documents that he was “frustrated and saddened” because the articles would diminish his credibility with veterans. Prince Harry accepts apology, damages in UK libel suit 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z

But the pandemic only served to diminish our free time and extend our workdays — while disintegrating that buffer transition time that commuting can offer. We should all be lunching like Europeans — it's better for your mind and body 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z

It makes the space between audience member and musician seem vast, but that doesn’t diminish the wonder of browsing the tools once used by pop royalty. The Art of Rock: Four Museums Explore How We Connect to Music 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

The returns, meanwhile, diminish, even as the stage and net action grows more volatile. Theater Review: ‘Faust: A Love Story,’ at BAM 2012-12-13T22:34:56Z

I never imagined anyone would take my heartfelt research and use it to diminish opponents. Perspective | Trump is obsessed with height. Now he’s trying to weaponize it in the election. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Such comments cannot help but diminish public confidence and trust in the impartiality of the judiciary.” A judge shares Akin’s belief that women’s bodies “shut down” rape 2012-12-14T16:42:00Z

Or are you expecting the dreaded movie law of diminishing returns to kick in? I can't wait for Iron Man 2 2010-04-08T14:54:00Z

Some shows are stuck with diminishing returns as they change too little from season to season– I'd put Dexter into this category for instance – other lose viewers when they change too much, like Battlestar Galactica. Justified's season finale showed why this series is criminally under-rated 2012-06-21T13:28:47Z

First, such a list is far too long, and a primary purpose of PST: Solo LA would be to diminish the number of overlooked artists, not repeat the predicament. What's next for the Getty's Pacific Standard Time? This critic has an idea 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Whatever power his comedy used to reveal is diminished by the fact that the charlatans no longer operate in secret. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

And data show very clearly that if a young person graduates from college in a period in which there’s high unemployment, the income prospect for your entire life is going to be greatly diminished. Hip-Hop foodies 2012-06-27T13:46:00Z

The growing concentration of seed resources in a few large corporations, she says, is “cause for great concern because it means you and I have a diminishing supply of unadulterated seed.” Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

It turns out that Kidman makes sense, since the chores of monarchy have diminished this Grace’s glow and Kidman is an ace at conveying primal weariness. REVIEW: The Real Scandal Around Grace of Monaco: It's Not Very Good 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

I am in no place to build upon the romanticization of Woodstock, nor do I have any right or desire to diminish it. Woodstock, a Utopia? Not for Every Generation 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

But in our aged of diminished expectations, I fear this kind of past is exactly that – passed. Luchino Visconti's The Leopard cost a fortune and it was worth every penny 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

There’s a tediousness to the production that somewhat diminishes its charms, the main one being the talented cast. ‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

If Smollett lied, it doesn't diminish the overarching brutality of racism and homophobia, but his case will be used to dismiss it anyway. There's at least one true thing Jussie Smollett said about his allegedly false hate crime report 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Americans’ diminishing respect for the Court can be heard on the right and left of our increasingly polarized political spectrum. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z

By diminishing it, by saying this pertains only to this part of society, it’s dismissing all the other women who are going through harassment.” Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s about dividing women and I’m not going to be a part of that’ 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

She asked for something, he ignored it; she said she was upset, he diminished it. Carolyn Hax: Fiance’s family oversteps boundaries in worst way 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

You see these millennial female leaders in Congress who are saying, "I will talk about my lipstick shade and it doesn't diminish me in my leadership capacity." Tina Brown pulls no punches: "If you're a woman, you have to be gold in a silver job" 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

Onstage, though, the songs virtually evaporated in real time, with diminishing returns. Music Review: How to Dress Well at Glasslands: Shadowy Tribute 2010-08-15T22:16:00Z

“The ukulele may be turning up more often, but that doesn’t diminish it for me,” Posner says. A ukulele lady finds her niche in Woolly Mammoth’s ‘Stupid F...ing Bird’

With reports of a new animated movie in the works for 2015, don’t expect to see that figure diminish. Michael Jackson Reclaims Title of Top-Earning Dead Celebrity 2013-10-25T09:45:58Z

Sleep mode does little to diminish her resistance to his romance. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

When ice cracks, bubbles find their way in and carbonation diminishes, Komatsu-San explained. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

This does not diminish the need for environmental concern, but as the exhibition says, “Knowing where we have come from may show us where we are headed.” Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z

By 2011, when Mr. Cattelan opened his retrospective at the Guggenheim, he diminished all his previous works by suspending them from hooks in the center of the gallery, like laundry hung out to dry. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

You hear that if you legalise, drug use would diminish. Eugene Jarecki and the campaign to end America's war on drugs 2013-03-31T00:02:00Z

This view not only diminishes other sparkling wines, it also demeans Champagne by treating it as no more than bubbles for festive occasions. Among Sparkling Wines, the Other Half Lives Pretty Well 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

Peonies benefit from a little fertilization after flowering, but avoid a high-nitrogen feed, which will diminish blooming. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

I don’t mean to devalue or diminish the collective display of female outrage, and female solidarity, that we have experienced in the aftermath of the Isla Vista shootings. Hey, guys: Elliot Rodger is our problem 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

Rationally, I knew that the library was not significantly diminished by the loss of a book I would never need to consult again, but I also felt that I no longer even had a library. Lost and Found: A Missing Camus Biography and a Christmas Miracle 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Working from a script with diminishing returns by Anthony Jaswinski, Mr. Anderson smartly frontloads the movie, drawing you in with long shots of deserted cityscapes, the quiet punctured by periodic bird calls and dog barks. | 'Vanishing on 7th Street': Disappearing People, Leaving a Lot of Clothes Behind 2011-02-17T23:09:46Z

If the words “jewel” or “gem” weren’t so diminished by indiscriminate use, they might do to describe “Mister Monkey.” High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

Every so often, a studio dusts off an old property in the hope of selling it anew, often to diminished ends. ‘The Invisible Man’ Review: Gaslight Nation, Domestic Edition 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

But our emotional engagement is diminished when potentially dramatic events lead nowhere. A War Correspondent Comes Home, Bringing War With Her 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Rather than driving “Little House” fans to distraction by diminishing or disparaging the literature they treasure, Fraser declares her respect and affection for it. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

My experience had been diminished by a glitch in the system, and someone should jump to it and remedy the problem. Perspective | Ai Weiwei succumbs to the tyranny of fun 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Strangely, though, these relentless reminders of egregious acts don’t diminish the appeal of seeing the world through Lopez’s eyes. Barry Lopez Travels to the Ends of the Earth, Seeking Glimmers of Hope 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

In Peck’s ballets, choreography for women often has diminishing returns. Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

The plaintiffs are seeking restitution for the diminished resale value of their Grand Cherokees stemming from the “raft of negative publicity” surrounding the recent disclosure of the rollaway problem. Fiat Chrysler accused of hiding Jeep defect linked to Star Trek actor's death 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

The possibility of Atticus holding racist views hasn’t diminished Tyson’s appreciation for the character he is playing. Flawed Atticus should still be celebrated, 'Mockingbird' actor says 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

“This is rapidly reaching diminishing returns,” said Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer, who has religiously covered the pair’s fumbles. A Trump booster promised to reveal the whistleblower’s name from his front yard. The neighbors just laughed. 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

The article acknowledged the toll of the House Un-American Activities Committee on the industry's creative output, along with a diminished foreign market for American films. "Miracle on 34th Street" reminds us that home ownership was once an elusive dream for many Americans 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z

Here are edited excerpts from the conversation: Q. This narrative in the film world is once you hit 40, probably earlier, leading roles diminish. Charlotte Rampling and Those Dolly Birds 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Clooney’s career as a filmmaker and star trying to walk the winding path between cultural relevance and adult-grade entertainment, meanwhile, continues to yield mysteriously diminishing returns. Hollywood liberalism at its lamest: “Money Monster,” George Clooney and Jodie Foster’s financial-crisis drama, misfires spectacularly 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

In a quandary about how to grow up without diminishing her capacity for wonder, Amélie sets out to become a secular saint, discreetly intruding into the lives of others to turn somber narratives momentarily joyous. The off-kilter charms of 'Amelie,' made musical at the Ahmanson 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

“As you get older, your social life diminishes,” he said. A Work by Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim Walked With You 2010-03-13T01:43:00Z

But for the two weeks following, I still couldn't smell anything, which ultimately diminished the flavor of food. How I enjoyed eating when I lost my sense of smell and taste 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

With his empire rapidly diminishing, Frank decides the only option is to destroy it entirely. True Detective: season two, episode seven recap – Black Maps and Motel Rooms 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

The economic malaise smothering the globe today, leaving a generation of young men gloomy over their diminished prospects, might seem a viable occasion for another bruising few rounds in the ring with Jimmy. Theater Review: ?Look Back in Anger,? Starring Matthew Rhys 2012-02-03T03:03:00Z

In exploring a diminishing resource and earth-centered magic, this charming, compact book — with illustrations by Nicholas Gannon — manages to be both timely and unique. Review | Best new children’s and YA books to read this month 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Even on a record where the presence of his usual consigliere Noah “40” Shebib is diminished, each arrangement employs the same palette and achieves a startling thematic consistency. Review: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' Marks a Transitional Moment 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Over the last 18 months, they have formed collectives and not-for-profit organisations, and have kept their spaces running using private funds and diminishing government grants. Dublin's independent arts scene is a silver lining in the recession-hit city 2010-11-22T12:27:00Z

The other myth is that if you legalise and drop the price, violence will diminish. Eugene Jarecki and the campaign to end America's war on drugs 2013-03-31T00:02:00Z

When Knight was sentenced in 1997 to nine years in prison for violating the terms of his probation from an assault case, his control of the label diminished. Chris Brown party shooting: Another chapter in the life of Suge Knight 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

Subsequent efforts to mimic that coup felt like repeating the same joke to diminishing returns until the Hillsborough benefit single He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother took the Christmas top spot last year. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z

He feels like a symbol of unresolved issues for the writer, or of diminished power for us. ‘The Festival of Insignificance,’ by Milan Kundera 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

But if we treat books mainly as mementos of our own experiences, like yearbook photos, we diminish our capacity to see them as ways to understand that of others. Perspective | What’s the best American novel? A PBS vote is a revealing look at our (limited) taste. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

As a character in “Pursuit” says forlornly of his academic pursuits, “I diminish what I admire.” Theater Review: Simon Gray’s ‘Common Pursuit,’ by Roundabout Theater Company 2012-05-25T02:01:01Z

Still, that doesn’t diminish the shock of seeing how Third World discards become First World collector’s items. Review: At the Frye, learn how discarded furniture in India finds its way to luxurious living rooms 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

If I'm with people when the survey request comes in, it actually diminishes my happiness since I'm forced to ignore my friends momentarily. Taking My Measure 2011-04-06T22:00:00Z

What depressed him was the idea of the diminishing of the human spirit and people losing their imagination and becoming institutionalised. Bradbury 'a bright burning spark' 2012-06-06T17:44:08Z

Foster’s team found that the participants who lived in denser or more developed neighborhoods reported a larger perceived risk of crime, but a diminished fear of it. Your move to the big city may be your last 2013-12-27T17:00:00Z

Giving the Crowd What It May Not Crave A LATTER-DAY Mark Twain may eventually coin the perfect name for the current era of failing institutions and diminished expectations. The Comic Louis C. K. Has a New Show on FX 2010-06-18T16:28:00Z

“For United, American and Delta, the quandary is how to compete without diminishing their brand.” Care about every inch of airline legroom? Do your homework. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

However, when I brought them together in one crust, the two fillings seemed to accentuate one another’s strengths, while diminishing any negative aspects. A delicious resolution to the pumpkin vs. pecan pie battle: Who says you can’t make everyone happy?  2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

And here in the United States, the “fake news” slam has been yelled at local TV reporters trying to cover a protest and deployed to diminish newspaper reporters who have uncovered political wrongdoing. Perspective | Trump is leaving press freedom in tatters. Biden can take these bold steps to repair the damage. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

Fluctuating core tempos in the “Symphonic Dances” diminished both their structural cohesion and innate Russian character. Review | Elegant program of Russian and French music by piano duo 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Bay has angered some Libyans, who say his jingoistic take diminishes the role that local people played in defending the Americans. Lights, camera, aliens … what we’ll be talking about at the movies next year 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

And Sam’s inexplicably generous view of me never diminished. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Will the hordes still flock to the Yoshino blossoms or will a diminished crowd find elbow room? Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

You will live with feelings of anxiety and frustration but they will diminish as you learn strategies for coping and as you make connections between these feelings and prior events. My awful past keeps me from writing 2013-02-25T01:00:00Z

Musically, however, this revival is a diminished affair. Imagination at play in a simple but joyful 'Into the Woods' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

One big compromise this episode: Megan, who seemed to diminish before our eyes. Mad Men Monday: The season ends 2012-06-11T16:39:15Z

The Henry who steps back on to Irish soil at the start of The Dead Republic is a sadly diminished figure, missing a leg and convinced that his wife and children are dead. The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

But it apparently did not diminish her appeal. China’s Viral Idol: Papi Jiang, a Girl Next Door With Attitude 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Her voice, if diminished in the middle register, retains its gleaming strength at the top. Il turco in Italia; Felicity Lott, London Conchord Ensemble 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

As the number of pieces in a limited edition diminishes toward the ultimate scarcity of a one-of-a-kind timepiece, the collector’s acquisitive urge amplifies exponentially. Special Report: Watches: A Quartet of New Watches Stands for 150 Years of Chopard 2010-03-17T20:20:00Z

That sadness, though, has not diminished the work’s popularity with playwrights, and now Atlantic for Kids, part of the Atlantic Theater Company, is presenting an imaginative musical adaptation. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Still, this has not diminished the exhibitions’ popularity: “Punk” brought 442,350 visitors to the Met, while “Hippie Chic” has drawn more than 20,000 in its first two weeks in Boston. ‘Hippie Chic’ Shows at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-08-22T22:01:34Z

Across America, many people are emerging from the pandemic with a diminished social life. Getting by With a Little Help Finding Friends 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

But I'd like to get back into television, because I think that even though, as diminished, as fragmented as it is, it still is a powerful messenger. D.L. Hughley: The ultimate Black superhero would have the power "to make white people believe him" 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

"Not to diminish the departure of Steve, because that will impact the show, but we have tremendous faith in the writers and actors to keep it alive," Bromstad said. NBC affirms Carell's 'The Office' exit next season 2010-07-27T01:40:00Z

The year is 1947, and Holmes, to his shock, is 93 years old, faced with diminishing memory and coping unhappily with the various indignities of increasing age. 'Mr. Holmes' smartly examines the great detective in winter 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

It was one of the most sincere moments in my life, and I'll never diminish that. Usher: 'The fans want my soul' 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z

Grace thinks she first fell in love with punk because "the aggression is a great outlet when you have feelings of frustration", so I wonder whether gender reassignment may diminish its allure. 'So I'm a transsexual and this is what's happening' 2012-07-22T19:30:00Z

In a 2013 interview with The Associated Press, Vee said he knew his abilities were diminishing and he didn't want to put his family through a public decline. Bobby Vee Has Died 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

He also invoked an unprintable line from Public Enemy’s Chuck D diminishing the importance of the awards. In Grammy Race, the Band Highly Suspect Marvels at Its Surprising Double Shot 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

But if you look at it on a macro, music culture is so diminished. Billy Corgan on Smashing Pumpkins: 'We're in a vacuum' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

It was hard watching this inquisitive woman with a bright spirit and mind be continuously diminished and attacked by Malcolm. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" part 1 ending explained: Olivia’s plan 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

But these flaws hardly diminish the book’s overall quality. After Her Heart Stops Beating, a Woman Continues to Think 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

Part of his reticence may be due to his memory, which has diminished over the years. After 100 years, giving thanks for a life where almost every day was turkey day 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Tyson’s response sparked backlash as many social media users felt his comment diminished the tragedies of the two mass shootings. Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes after dismissive reaction to mass shootings, earns more backlash 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

“He’s like that kind of unicorn figure — someone who brings you success without diminishing you artistically.” The Strokes turn to a ‘unicorn figure’ and get Grammy love 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

After that, though, it was a case of diminishing returns, and not even such latter-day visionaries as David Fincher and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who tackled parts three and four, could bring any life to the franchise. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z

At the same time, you slyly diminish his work and accomplishments. Perspective | Ask Amy: Parent’s contract might not be enforceable 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

But reproducing Lichtenstein in this way diminishes the power of the way he’s laboriously and shrewdly reworked these pop-culture images. Masters of Surface 2012-07-26T20:00:00Z

Those wineries owned by billionaires or big corporations have the resources to withstand diminished harvests, or even a year or two with no wine at all. Another Variable in the Winemaking Process: Climate Change 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The Welsh language is diminishing because young folk move to the city. The Dark ‘Hinterland’ Doubles as a Travelogue 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

In many ways opioid addiction is a function of social disorganization — joblessness, lack of access to proper health care, crime, broken families, and diminished upward mobility and overall life chances — in many American communities. The reality of life in a "Dopesick" country: "It is just a state of misery" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

My father, who was trained in engineering at M.I.T. in the slide-rule era, often lamented the way the pocket calculator, for all its convenience, diminished my generation’s math skills. First: The Twitter Trap 2011-05-18T20:53:46Z

Then I promptly reread “The Perfect Nanny” to see if my opinion of that novel had diminished. Review | The publisher of ‘Adèle’ asked me to endorse the book. I could not. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Over the last few days the notes have been diminishing in number and importance. Learning 'Lear': Time to Leave the Nest 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

But with globalisation, the capacity of the states to respond to this pressure effectively diminished. From Marx to the Milibands 2011-01-16T00:04:08Z

Add in the aging brain’s diminished capacity for memory, and it’s not surprising that you forgot your brother’s phone number. Lost keys, forgotten names, unretrievable words: 7 ways to explain those senior moments 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

His refusal to discuss this with you in a counselor’s office is unfortunate, because in doing so he is diminishing and denying the impact on you. Ask Amy: Wife struggles to recover from infidelity 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

She will become a warrior known as “the Lion,” a legendary figure among the diminished world of the living. Review | George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Your failure to do so does not diminish the reasonableness of asking the school for some accommodation on the grounds of being a recurring customer. Perspective | Miss Manners: If I’m everybody’s emergency contact, then who’s mine? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

And his recoiling from a girl does diminish you both, intentionally or not. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband with a new daughter struggles to ‘relate to a girl’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

They urged action to stop the country's intellectual heritage being diminished. Anne Fine scores a perfect pen in Follett's book 2010-06-22T16:12:00Z

And, in the third act, the actors literally deconstructed the stage floor as they shifted the rectangular tables that comprised it: a perfect metaphor for diminished hopes and dreams. Best theatre of 2012, No 3: Three Sisters, Young Vic 2012-12-19T17:40:41Z

But having a couple of quid in the bank has done little to diminish the sense of aching sadness in their music. New band of the day – Wardell (No 1,480) 2013-03-27T17:04:22Z

The film’s power to horrify has been diminished not by time, but by the recognizability of its cast, not one of whom was a professional actor in 1995. ‘Kids,’ Then and Now 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

As “The Babadook” proceeds, ratcheting up both the suspense and the odd, surreal comedy that accompanies but does not diminish it, every boundary in Amelia and Sam’s world seems to collapse. In ‘The Babadook,’ a Frightfully Unwelcome Guest 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

And it’s likely that their visibility will be further diminished in the months ahead as more artists arrive and space grows scarcer. The Art of Politics, in ‘Agitprop!’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

That it was happening at Carnegie Hall made it an even bigger deal, but also, in a way, diminished it. Review: Renée Fleming, a Voice With Wardrobe Changes 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

The titans were diminished, but far too many of the subcommittee members were the ones who looked small. Perspective | Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

I've realised that to try and slot myself into that world is to diminish what I have to offer. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z

Framing “Buena Vista” within the context of isolation diminishes its achievements and those of Cuban music before and after it. ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at 25: Memories of Memories 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

This unflattering portrait has survived to this day, not least thanks to a poem by Robert Browning, who depicts the henpecked artist sadly diminished by a faithless wife. Free hand 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

But Dr. Oxana disagrees with the popular wisdom that aging eggs diminish in value. Two Books Explore the Front Lines of Infertility 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Her life was diminished by the same patriarchal structures that damaged the lives of so many women in her era, and far beyond. In Jane Austen, fairy tales meet biting feminist critiques 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

I suddenly felt diminished, like a balsamic reduction. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z

“I think my need to control their lives will diminish as they age,” he said. Modern Love: About That Rustle in the Bushes 2011-06-16T19:38:02Z

We’re meant to see that there’s an emotional and practical order to these events — Hannah’s diminished standing and waning self-confidence lead to new incidents of bullying or abandonment. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

She adds: "Nothing is more diminishing than trying to control success or hold on to things." Anne-Marie Duff: 'I wondered if I should lie about my background' 2013-05-19T05:00:03Z

When he was hospitalized with Covid in October 2020, it was a rare instance in which Mr. Trump had no choice but to appear diminished in public. For Once, Donald Trump Did Not Enjoy the Show 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

Marshall gently forgives without diminishing the pain of feeling like a “joke.” Cat Power Shines on Sun 2012-09-07T12:00:25Z

Some of the more mechanical aspects of the comedy diminish the work’s perceptiveness. 'Small Mouth Sounds': Playwright Bess Wohl's off-Broadway sleeper arrives at the Broad Stage 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

Because the text is not simply a catalogue of terror; it is a conversational call to action, an urging to rewrite our definition of White manhood and diminish the power it holds. Ijeoma Oluo’s ‘Mediocre’ dissects white supremacy in America. She’d rather be writing about something else. 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

The weather was relatively cool in 2017, with late frosts that diminished yields, but the wines were vibrant and full of Chablis character, which delighted me. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

The abusive guy stayed, on probation, with a diminished role and the director was admonished for neglecting the situation. Shut up, old abusive drunk! 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re clearly looking at a baby sasquatch in this footage,” Mr. Fay announced earlier in the show, his credibility only slightly diminished by the fact that his nickname is Bobo. Television Review: ?Finding Bigfoot? on Animal Planet - Review 2011-12-30T23:58:08Z

Although “Ball Four” seemed to show Bouton breaking faith with baseball, the truth was that, despite his diminishing skills, he was reluctant to leave the game behind. Jim Bouton Was Baseball’s Misunderstood Evangelist 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z

Recently, he’s been researching Black Shakers — members of the insular and diminishing Christian sect known for ecstatic trembling and sleek, minimalist furniture. 12 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

According to Wade, the demand for overwater bungalows shows no signs of diminishing. The tropical overwater bungalow — long a symbol of relaxation and luxury — turns 50 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

To me, it diminishes the film, so we won't be doing that. Rick Santorum to head new Christian film studio 2013-06-25T10:56:34Z

Each one would diminish the island’s drama, and my 1,500 laudatory words would only help that process along. My life inside the luxury real estate bubble 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

Bringing a villain like Helena back from the dead is a great risk for any science fiction show to take as the law of diminishing returns can quickly set in. ArtsBeat: ‘Orphan Black’ Recap: Season 2 Begins 2014-04-21T15:39:04Z

Yet in the program that debuted at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday, that attraction is partly diminished. Review: BalletBoyz Get Ready to Rumble 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

This is one reason Plato was so suspicious of them, that they became substitutes or crutches to a diminished faculty of recollection. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Nineteen eighty was a year of hope for conservatives in America, but it was a hope diminished by decades of consistent failure at the grass roots. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

The White House’s planned cuts will hamstring the monitoring and investigation of complaints such as Goodwin’s, as the capacity to coordinate across incidents “will be greatly diminished”, according to budget documents for fiscal year 2018. How will survivors of campus sexual assault fare under Trump's new order? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

The reason had to do with a diminishing number of applicants for same-sex schools. ‘Where Out-of-Town Girls Could Come Feel Safe in New York’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

Wistrich’s new arguments for the defence of diminished responsibility were dismissed because “the applicant did not raise the relevant factual matters before or at the time of the trial”. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

The goal is to weaken Jewish communities and “diminish whatever electoral strength” they might have. A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Lawyer Barbie stands up in court and says, "I have no difficulty holding both logic and feeling at the same time. And it does not diminish my powers, it expands them." "Barbie" vs. "Oppenheimer": U.S. foreign policy has a lot to learn from this summer’s blockbusters 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z

Then, when Kaschei’s spell is broken, his realm diminishes into lairs from which his male and female prisoners, transformed, are released. Dance Review: Ratmansky’s ‘Firebird,’ for American Ballet Theater 2012-06-12T22:16:25Z

“My comments were cavalier; it was not my intention to diminish the severity of the issue, but rather to express a view regarding the disparate treatment of men of color in our national conversation.” Lee Daniels apologizes to Sean Penn for allegations he abused Madonna 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Merging such a publisher into an even larger corporation would further diminish competition and make such risk-taking less attractive. Perspective | Penguin Random House is buying Simon & Schuster. That’s bad for readers. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

And here’s something to bear in mind – while those first few sips of the Dew might seem like the nectar of the gods, returns start to diminish rapidly after that. Drinking ourselves to death 2012-07-10T16:10:00Z

Those are easy comparisons and threaten to diminish her record's distinctive beauty. Olivia Chaney's 'Longest River' album flows with distinctive beauty 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

The broadcast networks continued to have a diminished presence at the Emmys. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

After four years of political turmoil and diminished American standing overseas, Ellen Adams joins a new presidential administration, headed by a former rival, as secretary of state. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Creativity has been squeezed out of the business, they say, a victim of diminishing margins and market saturation. Celebrating the Fast-Moving, Bug-Eyed, Wily World of Hip-Hop Mixtape Covers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Contemporary American cartoonists tend often to operate in a twilight zone of ironically diminished expectations — Ben Katchor’s Lower East Side automats, Daniel Clowes’s hospital examining room. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Unlike theater, ballet and live music, cinema isn’t fatally diminished when it migrates to smaller exhibition platforms. Perspective | Movies used to be an escape. Now they’re a risk-reward calculation. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

Since then, however, it has been diminishing returns and declining quality on musical episodes, with every show from Grey’s Anatomy to Scrubs to Community trying it out. Please stop the beat: why we've had enough of musical episodes 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

That didn’t seem to diminish our credibility — in fact I think it exposed more people to our music. Tegan and Sara’s Tegan Quin on the Group’s New Sound and Getting in Touch with Their Inner Cindi Lauper 2013-01-15T15:43:35Z

Bad design, he said repeatedly, could only diminish the public’s respect for government and what it could achieve; good design, on the other hand, was critical to creating a vibrant civic culture. Edward Feiner, 75, Dies; Revolutionized the Look of Federal Buildings 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

Joy Behar countered, stating that Fox News and other right-wing outlets "keep showing pictures of him tripping" to diminish his presidential capabilities. “The View”: Alyssa Farah Griffin thinks Biden at 80 might be too old to run for reelection 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

She is an emotional trapeze artist at the mercy of her own unbounded emotions, triggered helplessly by any perception of being diminished or deserted. Delving deep for Norma's voice on 'Bates Motel' 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Relative: “I’m sad you can’t be supportive of me and that you think my happiness somehow diminishes yours.” Mom seeks balance in checking on teen 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

In a digital world, argues the show's description, "the written word, far from being diminished, finds a renewed importance." Moment of Friday: Hans Ulrich Obrist talks Instagram and poetry 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

And though many are reopening, they are doing so at diminished capacity and with precautions in place because of state-mandated limitations and almost nonexistent tourism. Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

"There was obviously a pre-existing agenda in privately owned media to destabilise, attack and diminish the BBC." Woody Allen wants to make a Louis CK comedy 2013-07-23T13:45:17Z

Yet, the Chinese bidders’ rage to buy did not diminish. Special Report: Asian Art: Chinese Nationalist Fervor Trumps Basic Facts 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z

Our intrepid heroine has stopped smoking and yo-yo dieting; from time to time, she SoulCycles, and is happy with her diminished weight. Bridget Jones Abandons Irony 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

The Globes reputation as an Oscars bellwether has diminished in recent years, with the organisation increasingly diverging in its choices from the Academy. Golden Globes 2019: Vice leads pack with six nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

A chance to vent, not a repair manual, which can often diminish us all over again. Social Q’s: The Venting Process 2014-05-08T22:13:35Z

We usually like to talk about sci-fi books and traveling, but today I ask her if she’s ever felt diminished by men due to her complexion. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

If someone insisted on it being such a thing, they'd diminish the record's invention, but Gold Panda's titles leave the door open for his listeners to build their own stories around his work. Tom Ewing 2010-09-16T20:44:00Z

But the theater’s modest scale certainly speaks to the diminished standing of the adult theater in contemporary society. The last (porn) picture shows: Once dotted with dozens of adults cinemas, L.A. now only has two 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Once my creativity was restored, my interest in wall hangings diminished, I expected my nightly panic attacks to return. My Klonopin fog 2012-07-28T22:00:00Z

This applies not only to the characters, but to England itself, which is portrayed over and over as a drab and diminished place. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

One of the reasons Zoglin believes Hope's legacy has diminished over the years is that "he just stayed around too long." Bob Hope gets little thanks for all the memories 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mine are further diminished because the clump is overgrown: The blooms are too few and crowded in a thicket of leaves. Spring is nearly here. Have you finished your winter chores? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

The score may be diminished by an orchestra downsized to just a few instruments, but the production makes up in playfulness what it lacks in cascading sound. Stripped-down staging brings clever moments in this long, long journey 'Into the Woods' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

What have become all-too-familiar 21st-century refrains — too much information, too little time and the diminished attention spans that result from trying to cope — have only grown more insistent through the decade. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z

With this act of tribute, Flanagan dissipates completely the mysterious effects Kubrick so successfully created; the horrors of the Overlook are diminished and domesticated, transformed into lumbering zombies. ‘Doctor Sleep’ tries to reconcile the visions of Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. But is that possible? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere she reflects on her dwindling Champagne supply: “One bottle the less of the Mumms ’87 will not, I hope, diminish the hilarity at my wake.” Elaine Stritch and Other Matrons of ?Night Music? 2010-07-23T02:12:00Z

He who makes it only a parrot diminishes its reality. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z

My issue is that people create this massive chasm between the two, which sometimes feels like a way to diminish the work written for young people. How Jason Reynolds Distinguishes Y.A. Books From Adult Fiction 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

It has reopened as a neighborhood spot with the Mexican focus diminished. Doma Food and Drinks Opens in the East Village 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

That isn’t to diminish the quality of TJ’s offering but rather, to provide a bit of optimism amid the ongoing shortage. Trader Joe’s popular kimbap sold out fast. Here’s how to make it from the comfort of your own home 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z

In a century in which obsolescence has become habitual, Mr. Behrens’s hardy “temple of work,” built to serve a voracious, indulgent late Gilded Age, has never known a diminished appetite for electrical power. 2010-01-19T18:11:00Z

And yet, even diminished, the circus remained a staple of American childhood. Backstage at the Ringling Brothers Circus, 1977 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Neither Hitchcock nor The Girl necessarily diminish his films, but by this phase in his career Hitchcock was doing that himself. Do Hitchcock and The Girl reveal the horrible truth about Hitch? 2013-01-11T07:00:00Z

But renewed anti-Asian sentiment and the Production Code of the 1930s, which put a chokehold on the depiction of interracial relationships, further diminished the industry’s willingness to work with performers of Asian descent. James Wong Howe: A Gutsy Cinematographer Finally Gets His Due 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

City Opera said last week that it planned to leave the theater, where it pays roughly $4.5 million a year in costs; slash its already diminished budget; and trim its 48-member staff. City Opera Departure Brings Questions 2011-05-23T22:17:06Z

Within 10 years, most of that dance quality had diminished appallingly, with a loss of central energy. Taking the Pulse of New York City Ballet Without Peter Martins 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

The stakes-raising escalation of budgets and ticket prices have diminished the chances of such small, potent pleasures. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z

He wears his hair, diminishing over time, cropped. When we all shaved our heads 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z

If crickets were as loud as the music, it would be insane: You have to diminish the crickets to whatever it’s supposed to be to feel real. ‘A Quiet Place’ Was a Huge Hit. Will Oscar Listen? 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

If you diminish all the things that are self, you can’t actualize the self. Yola embraces wide musical range on empowering new record 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Yet Eisenhower, deliberately if mysteriously, did much to diminish his own image. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z

In their respective ways each diminishes some aspect of the listening experience. The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover 2011-08-12T19:14:22Z

Compared with their regular-size lives of compromised dreams and diminished expectations, downsizing promises luxury and abundance. Review: In ‘Downsizing,’ Matt Damon Sweats the Small Stuff 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

First of all, it diminishes the serious thought that so many people who make this choice put into their decision. Not Getting with the Program: An Interview with Meghan Daum 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

The fact that this became clear on the occasion of her West End debut playing another role in no way diminishes the achievement. Just when Lady Edith thought her luck couldn't get any worse… 2012-11-11T00:06:14Z

These not-quite-lost souls, the spiritual children of the “Star Wars” movies, look back to better times as they stumble into a cynical, tightfisted culture of diminished opportunities. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z

For that reason alone, the tendency to read The Bell Jar as if it were the unmediated biography of Plath's personal life seems to me to diminish its significance. Sylvia Plath: reflections on her legacy 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z

In that compositional mode, a theme introduced by one voice is successively taken up by others, overlapping, often in augmented or diminished form. Review: When Real Life Adds an Unexpected Round to the Fugue 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Rachel seems to be sincerely looking for a lasting romantic partner, but she is also looking for an ending to the show that doesn’t appear to embarrass her or diminish her rising star. What Happens When Reality Enters the ‘Reality’ of ‘The Bachelorette’? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Trump’s Inaugural Address, Gessen implausibly asserts, was not just meanspirited or poorly written; it “rejected the idea that excellence is desirable” in a conscious effort to diminish the presidency. Is Donald Trump a Danger to Democracy? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Telling these stories via one community does nothing to diminish their power. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-10-06T06:59:00Z

And the play never diminishes or mocks the importance of a relationship that flourishes and maybe dies over a couple of months during junior year. Review: In ‘Athena,’ Two Teenage Fencers Parry Ordinary Life 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

This was a useful message for employees, who by the turn of the twenty-first century were being required to work longer hours for fewer benefits and diminishing job security. Positive thinking is for suckers! 2012-11-25T13:00:00Z

Such scenes announce the higher role "Mahalia" plays as a parable about a Black woman's voice and identity, and how often and ferociously both are policed and diminished. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z

Recently, historian and Rand expert Jennifer Burns wrote how Rand’s sway over the Republican Party is diminishing. No sympathy: How Ayn Rand’s “elitism” lives on in the Trump administration 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

So much has already been done, so much is supposedly demanded by fans, that any given installment in a multisequel enterprise can feel like the hysterical pursuit of diminishing returns. Old and New Cast Join in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Through the eventful mid-1960s — the British Invasion, Bob Dylan’s “wild mercury sound,” the Summer of Love — Presley was contractually bound to make movies with lame songs and diminishing returns. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

I am not trying to diminish his achievements, of course. David Shenk's bright idea: Genius isn't in the genes 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z

And when do you purchase meat, look for pasture-fed, responsibly produced meat, ideally from farmers practicing regenerative farming techniques, which improve the quality of the land being used to farm, rather than diminish it. Tips for sustainable grocery shopping 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

But the organization has been weakened by decades of media cutbacks that diminished the number of art critics with staff positions on newspapers and magazines. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z

“Because what happens is,” West said, “when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music — it’s disrespectful to inspiration.” Kanye West’s Stormy Relationship With the Grammys Erupts Again 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

It’s make believe — not to diminish the intensity — but if it wasn’t, emotionally, you’d go home, put a pillow over your head and end it all! A Complicated Collaboration for a New ‘Enemy of the People’ 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

He lived the rest of his life diminished, and died at 62 in 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey. Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z

With family lines broken and ancestors diminished to figures on plantation ledgers and Christian names on bills of sale, Black people grieve for forebearers whose recorded lives lack both facts and emotional texture. Review | ‘The Prophets’ reimagines the lives of enslaved people with the epic love story of two men 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

“It’s about a staking of presence, of place, but how to do that in a way that doesn’t further entrench practices that diminish them?” An Artist Who Blurs Bodies and Genres in Protest 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

“A city that builds a stadium solely for the Olympics, without solid plans in place for its long-term use, will greatly diminish the stadium’s future viability,” Ms. Hadid said in emailed responses to questions. Olympic Stadium in Tokyo Is Dogged by Controversy 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

Heigl previously clashed with ABC after she complained over long working hours and that her role had been diminished. Heigl confirms Grey's departure 2010-03-25T10:29:00Z

That doesn’t diminish your personal efforts, and it doesn’t taint the end result. Perspective | Feeding my daughter taught me about what it means for the body to need help 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

I’m glad to accept that I’m going to get different things from one than from the other–and if one of them ends up sucking, it doesn’t diminish the other. "The Book Was Better": Why Readers of TV Adaptations Need to Let Go 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

In a way, the turmoil that has beset the Paris collections reflects the impression that luxury houses, driven by the recession, have begun to diminish the creative leeway once granted to a star designer. Paris Fashion Week: Balanced on Fashion?s Wobbly Pedestal 2011-03-04T20:37:01Z

The first posits the view that they inevitably suffer from the law of creative diminishing returns, hence the increasing poverty of the Alien series, which culminated in the execrable Aliens vs Predator films. Can Ridley Scott's Alien prequels be a new species of follow-up? 2010-10-14T14:33:00Z

Part of the magic of the modern record business is that the worth of the album has been diminished. Review: Nicki Minaj’s ‘The Pinkprint’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Some of the earliest of those compositions — like “Give,” an ethereal ballad built around intervallic thirds, and “Hidden Solitude,” inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s diminished scale — found their way onto this album. Albums From Jesse Stacken and Norberto Lobo 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Simonoff concurred, noting that the smaller number of reviews published these days means there’s diminished value in non-recommendations, and that no review today carries the weight of a scathing review in the not-so distant past. Do Book Critics Need a Code of Ethics? 2013-05-30T19:13:05Z

Rather than rail against our diminishing attention spans, Spångberg looks at this as an opportunity to explore "other kinds of attention". Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance 2013-07-05T13:00:00Z

The Saw series, once guaranteed to be the number one film at the Halloween box office, has also been struggling, with progressively diminishing box-office takes over the past few films. Can Saw VII slash Paranormal Activity 2's success this Halloween? 2010-03-31T11:46:00Z

His desire to put pencil to paper and sketch artful things never diminished, he says, but churning out collection after collection did. Valentino's new runway is the ballet stage 2012-09-19T17:30:18Z

Even inside the new location, Cosby has taken a diminished role, relegated to a single framed photo, a face in the crowd on the restaurant’s timeline. Why Ben’s Chili Bowl hasn’t rushed to remove traces of Bill Cosby 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

“I was aware of her feeling out the colors she had on her palette, but the loss of that range has done nothing to diminish her emotional power as a storyteller.” Joan Baez on Her Next Chapter: ‘I Don’t Make History, I Am History’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

After years spent adapting the same novels, video games and comic books to diminishing returns, why wouldn’t the industry try something new by acquiring the rights to a wildly successful Twitter thread? Viral social media moments that deserve the Hollywood treatment 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

The heat begins to diminish but the short afternoon rains still clean the air. A local’s guide to Mexico City: 10 tips 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

In a time of diminishing trust, it’s weird — until it isn’t. Heaven is renting someone else’s pool 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Though Remes does not diminish the importance of such advocacy, he does think the Occupy Movement’s decision to operate outside the system is instructive inasmuch as it may open up greater possibilities for transformation. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z

I envy Fiona’s contagious enthusiasm for the world, and love that her deft skill in appraising people and situations hasn’t diminished her compassionate heart. An aunt hits the road with her niece and nephew 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

The whir of helicopters diminished as some air tours were suspended. For Planet Earth, No Tourism Is a Curse and a Blessing 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

It is at this point, and perhaps even earlier, where "Heart of Stone" starts to suffer from the law of diminishing returns. "Heart of Stone" stars Gal Gadot in a lackluster Europudding action flick 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z

You've talked about the diminishing powers of novelists as they get older, even if their general health hasn't given out. ArtsBeat: A String of Antiheroes: Martin Amis Talks About His Novels 2012-10-03T12:59:28Z

Viewers may have held their breath slightly, seeing White reach haltingly for words in a way that seemed somewhat diminished, yet still comical. Review | At this year’s Emmy Awards, the talk about diversity doesn’t quite translate to trophies 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

As a poetic technique it succeeds when the repetition layers the word's meaning, and fails when the repetition diminishes the word's power. Constellations by Ian Pindar - review 2012-06-08T21:55:04Z

Nothing, however, could diminish the powerful relevance of this revival. Resilience and dignity are the rich, bluesy music of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

The purity of her sound may have diminished slightly, but at heart Ms. Callaway remains a true believer in happily ever after. Review: Ann Hampton Callaway Hits Redial in ‘On My Way to You’ 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Steve’s diminished eyesight hasn’t impaired his nearly photographic memory for architecture or his acute attention to the smallest detail of an interior—the welting trim, for example. Steve Wynn 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z

In an effort to diminish the monumentality of a building that houses two schools, part of it will be clad in white metal panels, part in brick. Architecture: Newark Project With Schools and Housing for Teachers 2010-05-03T22:57:00Z

“They’re strengthening the fair rather than diminishing the brand. It’s a pretty massive space, and there’s a lot of new art to see.” Frieze New York Adds More Blue-Chip 20th-Century Art 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

“There were times in my life where my work was so intense and busy that I allowed my connections with people to wither and to diminish — that happened when I was surgeon general,” he says. Vivek Murthy wants to fix our mental health crisis. But how much can he do? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

It also comes with extreme risks and diminishing returns. Mother's Day is gaslighting 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z

He decided to schedule the play for early winter to avoid the possibility that the musical might diminish interest in his revival. "Gigi" -- This One a Play -- to Have an Off Off Broadway Run 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The story’s brilliance lies in the fact that finally owning these things doesn’t diminish Anna’s sense of poverty—it deepens it, bringing home to her just how much there is in the world to want. Learning to Love the Stories of Andre Dubus 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Here they are raised on nearly chest-high pedestals, diminishing the effect, but the distortions are noteworthy nevertheless because they are signs of the artists’ postmedieval modernity. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

Marriages celebrated that day held no legal standing, but that did not diminish the emotional impact of the event. The secret history of gay marriage 2013-09-08T14:30:00Z

The question of whether technology diminishes an actor's performance was much discussed and lamented in ancient Greece with the introduction of stage machinery in their theatres, so, in that sense it's nothing new. Changing the game? 2011-05-27T12:32:00Z

Yet as a method of looking back to the past, it's beginning to deliver diminishing returns. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

I can tell you, but I think it’s diminishing to the experience. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Amid all the suffocations and electrocutions, however, there’s a point at which diminishing returns kick in. Movie Review: ‘National Security’ Depicts Torture in Korea 2013-08-04T21:57:15Z

Pushing the mind meld of twins to a new and not quite believable level doesn’t diminish the impact of the wallops the authors save for the end. New Fiction From Olen Steinhauer, J. G. Ballard and Others 2012-03-28T22:20:12Z

It’s a diminished chord that Carrie wants to resolve — particularly because she harbors feelings for Hannah, who kisses her in the synagogue bathroom under the guise of practicing for a boy. ‘Tahara’ Review: Hierarchy at a Hebrew-School Funeral 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

Additionally, Robertson points out that Manuel’s contributions—he was the writer or co-writer of several of the Band’s first songs—sharply diminished as his personal struggles mounted. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The cellmate was the distasteful character, but Will was the one being diminished. 'The Newsroom' Recap: Technology's Latest Victim 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

The part calls for a voice that can soar above the orchestra one moment to diminish into a barely heard sung whisper the next. Stemme shines as Isolde in Wagner's love story 2013-06-14T14:56:09Z

In his review, Gill said that publishing the book as a classic "doesn't diminish Aristotle or Homer or Tolstoy; it just roundly mocks Morrissey." Morrissey mauling wins Hatchet Job review prize 2014-02-12T00:26:27Z

What’s strange about this defiantly positive take on divorce is that the taint of a broken marriage hasn’t diminished in real life, at least not as much as we might assume. Riff: The Divorce Delusion 2011-07-08T04:00:45Z

As the evening goes on, this Great Expectations delivers diminishing returns. Great Expectations – review 2013-02-07T14:35:48Z

Right now, restaurants that work with those apps reserve a few tables for these high-end customers, which diminishes the table inventory for regular guests. Would you pay to make a reservation at a hot new restaurant? You might have to. 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

"The best way to deal with the worry … is directly. Sometimes when we reflect on how we feel, and we acknowledge it, the intensity, the emotions around it, diminish their hold over us." How to cope with COVID-19 anxiety two years after monumental lockdown 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

A ’64 was not quite right, but a ’62 was deep and exotic, full of spice and fruit flavor and the ’59, the first wine with notably diminished bubbles, evoked tobacco, earth and anise. Tasting Dom Pérignon From Various Decades 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

So, after a few days in hospital, Carrie died, and her mother was diminished. Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds's deaths were tragic coincidence – but we're suckers for a story 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

But through it all, the pleasure of observing Mr. Cooper’s performance — or rather performances — never diminishes. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z

“If the stalk is pulled off, the hole it leaves allows the fruit to oxidate, diminishing its quality,” she says. From Alsace, Sweet Love for the World 2013-04-23T05:37:02Z

But the current meager financing picture diminishes that likelihood. Books of The Times: Seeing a Time (Soon) When We?ll All Be Dieting 2010-08-24T21:30:00Z

Kelly opposed the hiring of Shine and has seen his role continue to be diminished, sources said, sometimes in humiliating ways. “That’s a bad lie!”: Sarah Sanders called out for blaming Kelly’s grimace on lack of a ho... 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Spending a lot of time on Facebook is linked to diminished well-being, according to many studies. Green with Facebook envy, red with Twitter rage: This is your psyche on social media 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z

"But that likely will continue to fall in light of the aftershocks of the recession and the declining golf ratings, which are partly attributable to Tiger's diminished play." Tiger Woods' TV allure: the "train wreck" factor 2010-08-11T11:44:00Z

Arendt in effect theorized Eichmann out of existence by means of her own intellectual snobbery; she defined mental life and found that Eichmann didn’t meet her standards, and she thereby diminished his moral agency. Review: “Operation Finale” and the Popular Understanding of Adolf Eichmann 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Because of budget cutbacks that diminished the possibility of defining personalities through meticulous, frame-by-frame animation, “Alice in Wonderland” was one of the first Disney features to rely on recognizable celebrity voices to establish characters. DVDs: Visions From 1951, Noir and Psychedelic 2011-02-05T03:33:01Z

An early marriage to a doctor who was a friend of the family, and which ended in divorce after six years, did nothing to diminish her ambition. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Companion, Diana Taylor, Gives a Rare Interview 2013-12-27T23:22:28Z

Driving home after these shared revelations, Tommy feels “that he had pulled the plug on himself, that by telling the thing he would never tell he had diminished himself past forgiveness. It really frightened him.” ‘Anything Is Possible’ demonstrates what Elizabeth Strout does best 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

In the hands of a great writer, of course, the fact that we already know a character's fate can serve to heighten rather than diminish tension. 'Game of Thrones is more brutally realistic than most historical novels' 2013-03-24T19:00:01Z

But as they sought to avoid violence, the family also struggled to find affordable housing, a resource diminishing in the District as gentrification proceeds. This 19-year-old wants to become the D.C. Council’s first Latino member 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

And it is important to note that the absorption of influence, far from diminishing originality, is the true condition of originality. The Oscars Issue: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Shares Something With ‘Lincoln’ 2012-12-28T16:51:45Z

The urgency of the plot and, indeed, the overarching issues at hand, are diminished. ‘Pills and Starships,’ by Lydia Millet

More of the attacks were anti-Semitic rather than homophobic, Mr. Polis said — he is also Colorado’s first Jewish governor — and the vitriol diminished over time. Colorado’s Got a Gay Governor. Who Cares? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

She said the award was “diminished by distribution ... through commercial efforts rather than in recognition of creative effort”. US Academy retains right to buy Oscar statuettes for $10 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

One of the benefits of growing up is an increasing sensitivity to the feelings of others and a diminishing sensitivity to their opinions. Perspective | Miss Manners: Elevator door-holder gets ignored 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

It adds to rather than diminishes Bailey's stress levels that the designer on many of these projects is her husband, William Dudley. Director Lucy Bailey: Thinking small 2011-02-15T14:43:22Z

And, in the opinion of many growers and producers, old vines offer grapes of unsurpassed quality, even if age has diminished their productivity. New Wines From Old Spanish Vines 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

And in an aged of diminished audiences, the ratings are still not terrible. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z

Unlike some other hugely influential writers, Didion’s shadow doesn’t retroactively diminish her. From literary heavyweight to lifestyle brand: exploring the cult of Joan Didion 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

In a tragic yet wholly logical sequence of events, the child becomes the Man, and the Man becomes a diminished Man. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

The many changes to the way things are done in the art world, particularly the diminishing importance of the gallery show in the Internet era, were largely responsible for Leavin's decision to close her gallery. Getty Research Institute acquires Margo Leavin Gallery archives 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

But even when female characters are developed outside of these reductive tropes, often the writing eventually flattens and diminishes them again. Hell Hath No Fury 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

With the ratings up, the incentive to reach the end of the road is diminishing. CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z

But to me, this characterization diminishes her chief accomplishment: her capacity for reinvention. After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into her own hands 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

Much of the destruction of “Endgame” is generated by the corrupt mayor and a local crime boss and their diminishing armies of men. ‘Endgame’ — a Turkish seaside noir by Ahmet Altan 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

Each new defection would further diminish the strength of the remaining slave states, further accelerating the process of abolition. Did northern aggression cause the Civil War? 2012-08-29T21:41:00Z

But then the evening lengthened, and the band played on, the steaks were served with another round of red, and gradually the awkwardness diminished. An Entrance to High Society Courtesy of a Doppelgänger 2014-02-14T20:38:53Z

One reason given for diminished interest, particularly by Republicans, was disgust about athletes making political statements, said Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth’s polling institute. NBC perseveres after rough start in transitional Olympics 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Many other Americans, while not as deranged and demented as those who saw in Obama a monstrous force of evil and subversion, diminished Obama as person, dispossessed him as president, and deracinated him into symbol. Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

He wrote about the concept of social class as an unhelpful construct and a diminishing factor in the consideration of individuals. P. N. Furbank, Biographer of E. M. Forster, Dies at 94 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

Just before Wilde’s own courtroom drama, his wittiest play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” had opened — during a February snowstorm — to an acclaim that has never diminished. Review | How Oscar Wilde evolved from poet and playwright to symbol of martyrdom and individualism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

Ducksworth alleges that Penguin's discrimination against her included "diminishing her executive responsibilities, dismantling her staff" and "interfering with her internal and external professional relationships." Ex-Penguin rep sues, says publisher discriminated 2012-09-06T01:20:16Z

Holmes bolted from Cruise after five years of marriage that resulted in one child and two diminished careers. Hollywood spent 2012 proving the Mayans right 2012-12-20T20:01:07Z

Without those bacteria, the immune system may be less active overall, diminishing the effects of immunotherapies. Antibiotics greatly reduce effectiveness of cancer treatment – study 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Smith recalled how Mr. Burton’s journalistic spirit did not diminish despite a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Philip Burton Jr., Documentarian, Dies at 76 2011-01-01T04:18:57Z

Nonetheless, this does not diminish the desire to try the foremost examples, at least a few times. 12 Top-Tier (but Undervalued) Burgundy Producers 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z

This vision is what sets Thomas apart from his fellow-conservatives on the bench, who believe that racism is either defeated or being diminished. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

That Mr. Hill was not actually paying for his drinks did not diminish his argument. Arts & Leisure: Jonah Hill?s New Movie Is ?The Sitter? 2011-11-30T16:13:30Z

“No one is looking to diminish what the Philharmonic does, and what it means for New York.” Deal Gives Philharmonic Musicians Modest Gains 2013-12-17T21:57:05Z

But this omission does not diminish what Ms. Kennedy has accomplished, which is fairly and compassionately to reconstruct a messy episode in history. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The law of diminishing returns suggests that a second serving of Ghostbusters should be more palatable than fifth instalment of Police Academy, but what do I know? Not game for hours of Olympic TV coverage? Here's some alternatives 2012-07-26T11:43:27Z

Coghill admitted that "a lot of people that were there don't remember it," and that others said "musically, there were problems with the sound," but that doesn't diminish its impact. Stone Roses' film world premiere 2012-10-12T15:43:59Z

But in a vastly diminished market of sales for CDs and downloads, Swift was still able to move a remarkable number of albums. Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Is No. 1, but Falls Short of a Million Sales 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

But every time characters use their cellphones, it diminishes any sort of mood that has been set to that point. Monday TV Picks: ‘Bates Motel’ on A&E 2013-03-15T22:58:32Z

I find this saying extremely offensive and demeaning, and it diminishes our skill and experience. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: ‘Working with your hands’ is bad? Let’s see how they think on their feet. 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

Though she didn't specify what eating disorder she suffers from, the actress said she hopes to change what people consider "ideal" and urged readers to "diminish the stigma" and "remind one another that we're beautiful." Zosia Mamet of 'Girls' pens column on her eating disorder 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

“Siegfried would like to think of himself as the patriarch, but there is a natural diminishing of his authority as James and Tristan begin to prove themselves,” West said in a follow-up telephone interview. ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Returns With Even More Creatures 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

They work the same themes the originals did — a sadder-but-wiser young woman pines for, then steels herself against, an unappreciative guy, with diminishing returns. Review | Taylor Swift’s new take on ‘Fearless’ piles on the nostalgia, along with some revenge 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

There’s an awful lot that was left out, fabricated and embellished to favor certain people and diminish others. Don Lemon Organizes His Books by Color 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

I think it’s partly him, because he’s very cool, and everyone else’s cool factor just diminishes when he walks in the room. Emily Blunt Opens Up About Stuttering on Howard Stern 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

The book doesn’t attempt to diminish how disruptive the switch from old to new “automotive DNA” would be, particularly given the economic clout of the automotive industry and its complex network of vested interests. Redesigning the Concept and Role of the Automobile 2010-03-08T08:45:00Z

But, she added, “It does not diminish for one moment my 23-year commitment to Martha Graham.” Mary Hinkson, a Star for Martha Graham, Dies at 89 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Mahler slows down the experience of time just enough to begin to diminish distinctions between illusion and reality, life and death. Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' and sky and sea, the L.A. Phil way 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Might this summer’s pair of Shakespeare characters, with their potent but diminishing powers, be a test run for the granddaddy of all roles, King Lear? A Lifetime of Roles, Sometimes Two at a Time 2011-06-15T22:29:15Z

But not even the character’s apparent death could diminish his fans’ enthusiasm for him. Boba Fett, Intergalactic Man of Mystery 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

As the sunlight further diminishes, the lighting begins to take on a bizarre metallic quality. Why I chase eclipses 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

“The follicle function diminishes with age in proportion to hereditary risk,” Dr. Bauman said. Skin Deep: Help for Hair When Aging Leaves It Thinning, Dry or Dull 2014-01-22T22:24:00Z

At this point the emotional impact does diminish somewhat. Readers recommend songs with 10 words or fewer: The results 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

“It’s the law of diminishing returns, which is why this is our last time,” Poehler said. 2015 Will Be The Last Time Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Host the Golden Globes 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

Deborah Richardson, executive vice president of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, said she does not believe the lack of major King material will diminish the new museum. Why no major Martin Luther King Jr. artifacts will be at the new African American museum 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

In this case, it ended up diminishing it. No, you can’t do Shakespeare’s and Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at once 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

Rain-lashed Jakarta is such a forsaken place in both Belenggu and The Forbidden Door that the protagonists are shepherded into diminishing circles, finally unable to trust even themselves. Indonesian cinema and the rise of a new noir 2013-06-05T15:36:08Z

Eye-watering electricity bill aside, it is a staging choice that wows at first, yet offers diminishing returns over the course of the three-hour show. France Cheers for a Musical It Loves but Hasn’t Watched 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

“Men tend to want to fix what’s broken, which translates into diminishing their painful feelings and intolerable experiences of vulnerability,” he said. A Program That Aims to Lead to Post-Divorce Peace 2012-12-15T00:39:25Z

There were fine moments, like the subdued introduction to the first movement and the mysterious diminished arpeggio section of the second, but overall the playing was too loud and too harried in pacing. Touring Marlboro string quartet delights in first half of program 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

“I cannot sit and watch a lady diminish her qualities to the lowest common denominator,” he said. Jerry Lewis: Le Nutty Professor Takes Cannes 2013-05-24T19:14:50Z

It’s likely that a diminished US take, possibly swayed by tough reviews, will be what prevents Spectre from setting a new record. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 fails to satiate box-office bloodlust across the world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Affleck explained how the organization he founded, Eastern Congo Initiative, played a role in diminishing child mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo, emphasizing the importance of supporting Congolese efforts within their own communities. Clinton, Affleck seek to lower child death rates 2012-06-14T19:22:11Z

After about 30 minutes, the film ceases to be engaging and sensory overload diminishes any appetite for the experiment. Life in a Day's blancmange offers sugar but little substance 2011-01-26T12:39:32Z

In the aftermath of 9/11, and certainly in the first 3 1/2 years of the Trump administration, those core values are diminished or attacked, even. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

Atheists who tar great swathes of faith with their brush as just as intolerant as evangelicals who diminish the authenticity of atheists. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Particularly when our own epoch seems so uncertain and diminished, it’s all the more gratifying to look back at a more navigable time. | Television: ?Pan Am,? ?Playboy Club? and ?Whitney? New on TV 2011-09-16T15:26:17Z

Audiences diminished rapidly, even though the Roxy offered a stage presentation with the Whiteman band and Gershwin playing “Rhapsody in Blue.” ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

In many ways, that’s when the story of the Wu-Tang Clan ends as well — the group has released albums since then, but its centrality to the genre has vastly diminished. Review: A Wu-Tang Clan Documentary Captures the Group’s Wild Self-Invention 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

As those busy years progressed, my use of the drug steadily diminished. Acid redux: My long, strange, cancer-fighting trip back to tripping 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, he retains sufficient performance skills to compensate for diminished resources with his warmth of personality and vitality. Rolando Villaz?n ? review 2010-12-08T21:45:00Z

Jacobs laments, however, that the city has been diminished by a newspaper landscape in so much flux. In New Orleans, a journalistic experiment with unclear results 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

But each of those choices is a diminished thing; attainable without effort, disposable without a second thought, just another icon in a folder on a pocket-size screen with pocket-sized sound. Arts & Leisure: The Cloud That Ate Your Music 2011-06-22T12:20:18Z

The new arc revolves around Elliot recognising his plot with fsociety to bring down the world economy backfired and committing to undoing or at least diminishing the impact of his handy work. Mr Robot or Mr Woebot? Why the hacker drama might need a restart 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

Ross MacGibbon’s direction was generally good, though the editing could be disorienting, especially when following a single figure on the move, and overly tight framing sometimes diminished the impact of the choreography. Dance Review: ‘Giselle’ Stars Natalia Osipova in a Cinema Broadcast 2014-01-29T21:28:25Z

Though a definitive explanation for these giant hauls proves elusive, marine biologists point to likely causes: the diminished number of lobster predators and climate change, which has warmed the water. No Fins or Mask Needed: Four New Books Take Underwater Journeys 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Lee’s indelible image was crafted as a rejection of those diminished roles. How Bruce Lee Exploded a Stereotype With a One-Inch Punch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

It really differs, but I find that a lackluster butter can really diminish the enjoyment of the bread and butter, which essentially starts your meal or gathering on a disappointing note. Why I (almost) never buy or use salted butter 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

That’s probably because it’s easier to focus on gender wars in a healthy economy; recessions have a way of eclipsing sexual politics and diminishing sex scandals. | Television: ?Pan Am,? ?Playboy Club? and ?Whitney? New on TV 2011-09-16T15:26:17Z

But the data and science show categorically that there are diminishing returns when we are always on. Arianna Huffington Binge-Watches TV on the Treadmill 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

The ratings may be diminishing, but it's still the No. 1 program for the seventh year in a row by huge margins. "American Idol" chooses the wrong winner 2010-05-27T12:29:00Z

Giacometti’s allure was also not diminished on Wednesday night. A Manet Portrait Fuels High Prices on a Competitive Night for Christie’s 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

By reducing Johnson that way in the film, you diminish Dr King at the same time and I think that's a great pity. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

But the vibe that brought him to reggae is diminished. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The bakers can't sell directly to grocers because that might diminish the importance of the annual cookie sales. Girl Scouts still have millions of cookies left from 2021 season 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

When you call a woman a chick you diminish her as a human being and dismiss her as something less than intelligent. The chick-lit debate: who in Playboy Mansion Hell calls women chicks? 2010-08-04T09:15:00Z

If the production as a whole made up for the diminished dramatics with ample attention to its intellectual grandeur — as it does in the trial scene — it might even have seemed bracingly modern. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The next moment, though, the volume diminished, and the performers seemed to grow smaller and more vulnerable along with it. Review: Walking in Light on the High Line 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

Angry, contemptuous speech — even when it’s understandable — diminishes both of us, and would typically result in my dismissing you. Mending Fences (Even When You Really Don’t Want To) 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

As tends to be the case with successes like these, sequels were greenlit that only helped to diminish the punchdrunk silliness of the first film. The end of Sharknado: saying goodbye to the silliest movie franchise ever 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

Her music favors style over substance, and her show did the same, yielding quickly diminishing returns. Music Review: V. V. Brown?s Parasol Pop at Bowery Ballroom 2010-04-29T21:11:00Z

Search Google for “empathy + technology” and you’ll read that “Studies have shown that increased dependence on technology has resulted in the diminishing of empathy” and “ The Internet desensitizes us to shocking images, diminishing our empathy.” As Fitbits for Feelings Emerge, Whither Empathy? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

But his meticulous, indignant dramas of hard times and diminished hopes add up to an epic of working-class life through decades of disappointment and defeat. At the New York Film Festival, a Defense of Human Dignity 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

I’d expected a rattled and diminished man, but Simon was the same dapper, witty Englishman. Will Sheff: The First Time an Adult Took Me Seriously 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

Instead of accepting that it’s okay to be inadequate at something, we ignore whatever that thing is, brushing it aside and, in turn, diminishing our lives. Review | It’s okay to be mediocre. In fact, it may even be beneficial. 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

In a time of diminishing belief, all hands reach desperately from the encroaching shadows of doubt. The Times' 1983 review of Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose:' An intriguing detective story 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

Calling for Camden "to reconsider its action", she adds: "The alternative will diminish the borough's effectiveness as a centre for the arts, and narrow the scope for its young people to participate in the theatre." Judi Dench defends drama school in row over advertising boards 2013-05-18T23:06:15Z

The 2012 election is therefore “positioned to be the most ideologically consequential contest since 1932,” fought over the size and scope of government and the allotment of diminishing resources. Books of The Times: Thomas Byrne Edsall?s ?Age of Austerity? Interprets Politics 2012-03-05T22:35:39Z

Scaling up mezcal as if it were tequila would diminish it. With Mezcal, Smoke Is Only Part of the Story 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Ironically, if state funding for various flagship schemes diminishes, whether at national or regional levels, our company may benefit. The directors' debate: Are arts funding cuts a good idea? 2010-08-26T16:16:00Z

"It was a way of diminishing the natural capabilities and intelligence of the people," says Katzew. Casta paintings were weird racial documents that broke stereotypes 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

Muslims, like every minority, appreciate the need for camouflage in the face of muted suspicion, even if that need has diminished somewhat in the years since 9/11 and 7/7. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z

Beyond losing ground in fine dining because of ethical implications, the production foie gras has also been diminished by the devastating bird flu throughout Europe. How a more ethical "faux" gras could change fine dining and vegan cuisine 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z

“We believe the average ticket price is going down, but admissions are still going up, so we haven’t reached a point of diminishing returns yet,” Pow said. China box office surges nearly 50% in first half of 2015 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

“But at the same time, I would never want to diminish how unique a thing ‘Game of Thrones’ is.” ‘Game of Thrones’ Is Ending. But You Can Still Visit Westeros. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

Is her forever family somehow diminished because it exists across two households? Motherlode Blog: When Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses 2014-01-13T18:26:38Z

Still, even intermittent trolling hasn’t diminished her pleasure in roles that let her crack open the nice lady exterior and show the violence underneath it. The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

Just like his aging opera stars, Hoffman has found his acting choices diminishing as he ages. Hoffman does divas in directing debut 'Quartet' 2013-01-24T14:13:03Z

It is an approach that automatically diminishes the dramatic potential, leaving us with women who talk a lot about their “A game,” moving up and working hard for 12 and 14 hours a day. | 'The Real L Word': On Showtime, Gay, Female and Overworked 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

Or might this diminish the art form by reducing the scope for creative vision? History Is About to Change at New York City Ballet. How? 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Her power and quiet authority diminished some of the solo’s sentimental anguish. The Brilliance and the Blahs of City Ballet. (And Then There’s Solange.) 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

A divorced father who’s slowly emerging from the closet, Liannetto is also, in his way, doomed — a cough, diminished appetite and night sweats hint why — but morally secure, a walking indictment of fame. A Louche Life Set to a Show-Tunes Score 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

But such dark provocations shouldn't diminish the obvious subtlety and dexterity of the storytelling here. "Rubicon": Eerie portrait of "Top Secret America" 2010-07-24T23:01:00Z

We can feel diminished and even inadequate when we can’t achieve climax. “Like you’re touching your closed eyelid”: (Mis)adventures in orgasmic meditation 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

"And what this all adds up to is our ability to manage more people at a time without in any way diminishing guest experience," Iger said. 'Frozen' fervor heats up Disney's quarterly profit 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

This is neither to diminish their deaths or their music. The 7 most tragic band deaths in rock history 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

That characteristic wasn’t diminished by the fact her albums may have had a small army of talented studio musicians building the music around her voice. Yes, Beyoncé is a “real artist”: Stop challenging the authenticity of her work 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

If media saturation is diminishing the numbers of ignored comic geniuses, it’s hard not to find this a little bittersweet. Catch Charlie Barnett and Other Rising Stand-Up Stars Who Never Hit the Top 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Returning to find her role diminished, she quit two days before opening. Pamela Katz’s ‘The Partnership,’ on Weill and Brecht 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

None of these reforms should be seen as diminishing societal respect for marriage as an institution. Your affair might be illegal: Inside the complicated world — and 21 states — where adultery remains against the law 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z

He notes that there might be a saturation point — we will get used to cameras, and the impact will diminish. In the future, will everyone be wearing body cameras? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

At their most basic, all of her stories are about women trying to hold on to themselves in a world intent on diminishing them. Review | Jennifer Weiner understands women. Her new novel, ‘That Summer,’ shows us why. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

Moody's said earlier this month that easing the legislation would diminish borrowers' incentive to keep up with mortgage payments. E-books by major post-WWII author Irwin Shaw out 2013-02-26T17:46:04Z

"That doesn’t diminish the amount of it that’s all over the internet by any stretch of the imagination," she said. Her son died from a ‘choking game.’ Now she’s determined to save other kids’ lives. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Imagine this country's vibrant arts landscape diminished for the sake of short-term cuts, or London without one of its significant artistic institutions. Music matters: 10 years at Wigmore Hall 2011-01-06T22:59:01Z

If that remains the case, social activism in men's soccer will continue to be diminished. World Cup 2022: Men’s soccer must stop silencing activism and allyship 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

We must read all characters — living and dead, fictional and real — with respect and not diminish them, or allow them to be diminished because of the color of their skin. Ibram X. Kendi Likes to Read at Bedtime 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Moreover, the networks between medical patients, growers and processors have diminished. How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

In spaces where human needs seem like an afterthought, it’s little wonder our empathy diminishes. Space austerity: plane seats and change rooms needn't bring out our worst 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, they split it again — and again after five more minutes, and so forth, as time and area keep diminishing by half until there isn’t room for two. Review: ‘Split’ Is Naked and Clothed, Formal and Savage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Vocal cord surgery simply provides a patient with a new instrument by diminishing the lower end of their vocal register, but it doesn’t teach them how to effectively use it. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

She is an object lesson in how to compensate for diminishing vocal resources by digging even deeper into the song lyrics. Music Review: Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-12-01T23:43:15Z

But his work schedule has gradually diminished, and next year, he said, he was booked to direct "only three operas". Rub shoulders with famous ghosts at Zeffirelli's villa ? only ?5,000 a night 2010-07-27T20:11:00Z

But not to diminish its importance, it plays a great role there.” A Quiet Drink: A Chicago Cocktail Crawl 2013-12-26T15:36:42Z

I launch a doomed campaign to banish peakiness: eyebrow tweezing, a jojoba oil face massage for diminishing eye puffiness and dark circles, and the old Amish trick of cheek-pinching for instant blush. Barefaced trick: lose the lipstick, grab the spotlight 2012-07-13T22:01:21Z

Without diminishing the stark realities of abject squalor Ms. Boo’s agile prose, wry tone and surprising upbeat theatrics are Dickensian in the best sense of that word. Janet Maslin’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012 2012-12-17T16:09:46Z

Thereafter, their zeal diminished, they pass much more quickly through the remaining rooms, often pausing only fleetingly except for the few well-trailed "masterpieces", thus leaving breathing space for any who like to linger. Letters: A superior class of cultural experience 2013-04-01T20:00:02Z

Vanilla was a term intended to simply differentiate between sexual preferences, but it was not necessarily meant to put down or diminish the value of non-kinky lifestyles. Is vanilla sex boring? 2012-07-17T13:54:00Z

“Don’t let anybody diminish for one moment the time you spend at home. . . . Because probably nothing is more energizing, purposeful, better to orient you to know how to use time, delegate authority.” ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

And Ritz said the lack of commercial success does nothing to diminish her greatness, or her legacy. James' passion, great range remembered 2012-01-21T02:16:04Z

No one knows how many such manufactured places of worship still exist, though the number is diminishing. In praise of ? tin tabernacles 2011-03-03T00:01:03Z

At Washington and Lee University, Ali Greenberg, a student newspaper columnist, argued in May that women on campus diminished one another more than any man did. Motherlode: After Class, Skimpy Equality ? Motherlode 2011-08-26T21:03:49Z

York, no less than Thursday and Collinwood, is a man who finds himself living in a diminished present, unable to escape the shadow of a heroic past. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

The only drawback to this reading is that it faintly diminishes Antony himself. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z

As Nielsen became more self-aware in future ZAZ productions and other spoofs, the effect was diminished. Airplane! at 40: the best spoof comedy ever made? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Given the finite dimensions of the world, and the endless number of nature programmes, is natural history in danger of reaching a point of diminishing returns? Rewind TV: Shameless; Episodes; Kidnap and Ransom; Human Planet ? review 2011-01-16T00:05:49Z

It's about striking a balance – and if I'd like to see the trio take their own story a mite more seriously, that scarcely diminished my enjoyment of their idiocy. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z

We thank you for helping US face and focus on the very issues that plague our communities and diminishes US all. T.I. Writes Open Letter to Barack Obama: ‘Your Legacy Will Live On’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

He says now that he believes there’s a decent chance Trump’s influence will diminish as he fades from prominence after his impeachment trial. Media grapples with how to cover Trump after White House 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

“Your vital energy is diminished. You’re more likely to be depressed.” Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

The fact that this scene is wholly fictional does not diminish its insight – and the same thing can be said for “Nowhere Boy.” Protest music?s odd conservative turn 2012-05-21T15:38:00Z

I think of her sculptures as “memory towers,” and their diminutive scale seems to concentrate their energies rather than diminish them. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

But… wages for college-educated workers outside of the inflated finance industry have stagnated or diminished. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z

Let’s drain our glasses in the hope that, as things end, we’re not forced to dissect ill-drawn pasts that only result in diminishing explanations. Mad Men Recap: You Can’t Stop Cold Like That 2013-06-24T14:13:10Z

She learned the intricacies of this dying art from the diminishing band of dye-transfer practitioners. ‘Vertigo,’ Through Two Artists’ Eyes 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The power and impact of medical organizations is further diminished because their priority—supporting their constituents—is often at odds with the needs of the public. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

Their belated quality necessarily diminishes their immediacy, as does the fact that the manner in which these women were assaulted so often involved drug-induced memory loss. Power in numbers: 35 of Bill Cosby’s victims speak to New York magazine 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

But once you’ve spent the money upgrading your coffee beans, your grinder and your brewing method by using the cheapest possible option, you quickly reach a point of diminishing returns. Great gear for making coffee 2012-09-16T16:00:00Z

But as concerto followed concerto, the dances diminished in size, and the movement lagged at times to the point of lugubriousness. Review: In ‘Six Brandenburg Concertos,’ Diluting Bach’s Dancing Spirit 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The only lapse in “The Great Believers” is the way Fiona’s search for her daughter, while compelling in and of itself, is somewhat diminished by the parallel story set several decades earlier. Surviving AIDS, but at What Cost? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Yes, people care about this type of watch because it poses the challenge of containing one of horology’s most challenging complications in a diminished space without affecting its chronometric integrity,” he says. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Not Just in, Thin Is Almost De Rigueur 2011-03-24T07:01:13Z

Murray doesn’t want to see that diminished opportunity and hope is much more likely to unravel families than missing church. Love in the time of layoffs 2012-08-03T20:12:00Z

When every person on this planet can reach, and communicate two-way, with every other person on this planet, the power of nation-states to control every human inside its geographic boundaries may start to diminish.’” Dystopian doom or global village? What the internet will look like in 2025 2014-03-12T17:00:00Z

We see her father’s diminishing health and his uncompromising work ethic. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

The quantity of time I spent with Bridget increased but the quality dramatically diminished. Lockdown has been a bumpy ride towards rediscovering the joy of our marriage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z

“I cherished a secret grudge against Auden,” Rich reflects in one essay, “not because he didn’t proclaim me a genius, but because he proclaimed so diminished a scope for poetry, including mine.” Two New Volumes by Adrienne Rich, Game-Changing Feminist, Poet and Essayist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

He suggests that the hosts used to be a “million perfect pieces” but time and budget cuts have diminished them. ‘Westworld,’ Season 1, Episode 5: The Search for Meaning 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

“We diminished the distortions of the losses,” he said. Antiques: Roman Forum Church, Santa Maria Antiqua 2012-06-14T21:10:47Z

The former president, arguably the consummate politician of his age, now looks hollowed out, diminished and somehow older than his years. 'As guarded as Fort Knox': the inside story of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Marvel merely needs to stay the course while continuing to build; Warner Bros. and DC Comics, meanwhile, are well aware that the dourness must be diminished. What We Learned From Superhero Movies in 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

For performing arts organizations, diminished attendance comes at a cost. Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

Whether the mass exit will diminish Politico’s trajectory is conjecture, but at least from the outside its foundation seems secure at the moment. Why the marriage at the top of Politico couldn’t be saved 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

He found work as a reader for Gallimard, one of France’s premier publishing houses, and wrote several neorealist novels, including “Fiestas” and “Island of Women,” with diminishing satisfaction. Juan Goytisolo, Audacious Spanish Novelist, Is Dead at 86 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Comedy’s popularity in playback and streaming video may have diminished its value. CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z

But the hurt of being routinely lied to diminishes my feeling of safety in the relationship. Are fibs deal breakers? 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

My greatest expectation is to fulfill Goldman’s wishes and write a book that wouldn’t diminish that. “As You Wish”: Cary Elwes on “The Princess Bride,” doing his own stunts, and whether he’d rather fight with a sword, his hands or his wits 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Resilience and community in the face of diminishing dreams are Hatleberg’s themes. Photographing Life as It’s Seen, Not Staged 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

With almost one a week to watch, Hollywood’s safety-first approach of attracting a repeat audience, or reviving a built-in fanbase, is facing the law of diminishing returns. Even superheroes may not be able to save Hollywood’s desperate summer 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

This is it, the moment that a rapidly diminishing number of you have been waiting for. Oscars 2022: the winners, the losers, the dresses, the show – live! 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

But that doesn’t diminish the value of this intelligent, admiring tribute to a playwright who remains a vital figure in international theater after more than 50 years. Review | ‘Tom Stoppard: A Life’ documents the professional successes and glamorous social life of a storied playwright 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

He’s angry and proud, but also frequently insulted and diminished, with insanity suggested as part of his genetic makeup. Voices of political outsiders, from Booth to poetic radicals 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

These warming, even sentimental additions do not detract from the intellectual integrity of Kennedy’s conception any more than McDonald’s astonishing access to tragic feeling diminishes the prickly oddness of the characters. Review: Who Committed the ‘Ohio State Murders’? Who Didn’t? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

It does not diminish Mr. Hockney’s greatness that his intelligence, gifts and omnivorous curiosity are propelled by an inherently sunny disposition. David Hockney’s Life in Painting: Spare, Exuberant, Full 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Rather than diminish the scenario’s suspense, these accents and off beats accentuate it. ‘A White, White Day’ Review: Confronting Grief in a Frozen Landscape 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

Truth be told, Clemons' role in the E Street Band diminished as the years went on. Clemons' death leaves void for Springsteen 2011-06-19T18:16:03Z

But some critics say the garden was allowed to languish, and its diminished condition used to justify an overhaul. At the Hirshhorn, a Battle Over Plans for Its Sculpture Garden 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

He says that socially accepted language can be dehumanizing: “‘Inmate,’ ‘convict,’ ‘ex-felon,’ they’re demeaning titles: They’re put in place to diminish self-respect and dignity, and to demean you and to break your spirit.” Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Once Mosley’s Brownshirts come into power, the diminished, Jew-hating Wolf faces a Jew’s fate — and, ironically, perhaps an insight of what it means to be a Jew. ‘A Man Lies Dreaming’: Imagining Hitler as a low-rent private detective 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

Striking a delicate tonal balance, Mr. Adomian transformed being assaulted into a cuttingly funny yarn without diminishing its horror. Comedy: Gay Male Comics Await the Spotlight 2012-08-15T14:06:57Z

“Compassion is an indulgence, or a condition — somehow profoundly powerful in its experience yet diminishing to naught in its deployment.” ‘ Gentlemen’: a superb novel about Irish patriot Roger Casement 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

The rising temperature did nothing to diminish the audience’s enthusiasm for the performance, though no one complained when the climate-control system was reactivated after the Shostakovich. Quartet skillfully navigates haunting Shostakovich 2013-07-25T19:23:04Z

Their stark shapes, depicting disembodied legs, wandering eyeballs, a hungry triangle and a happy circle, keep seriousness at arm’s length — without diminishing Minoliti’s ambitions, which are big. Your invitation to dreamland awaits at Ad Minoliti's exhibition at Cherry and Martin gallery 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

By the 1950s, with television spreading through the suburbs, the crowds at Coney Island started to diminish. Coney Island: The Cyclone! The Hot Dogs! The Art! 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

The path, which in the beginning had been carved wide and deep by dozens of ski tracks, diminished to two, then disappeared. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z

The feat of “Chain Saw” is to make us empathize with its scariest figure without diminishing the disorienting, teeth-chattering horror. ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and the Lessons Few Horror Films Get Right 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

That he had somehow diminished me as a man. Why I prayed for my testicles 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z

Though much diminished today, the place survives, a monument to its founders’ courage. A Shipwreck Leads to a Reckoning 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Inserting fantasies about himself into notorious headline-making stories and passing them off as fact in the name of shoring up what he considers to be "emotional truths" diminishes that brand. Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z

But the strongest earthquakes in more than three decades are not expected to diminish a centuries-old Mexican tradition. In burgeoning Day of the Dead parade, Mexico remembers earthquake casualties 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

If you're a wealthy man with massive currency on the right, your profile may not necessarily diminish after being evicted by a media giant. What Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon's firings say about the impact of episodically dominant figures 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

“When Steven Tyler wrote his memoir, he completely diminished me by saying, ‘Well, everything was already written’ and I just added a few words,’” Child, 69, said of Aerosmith’s 1987 hit. Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story. 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z

Time, however, has in no way diminished his insane capacity for new projects. Peter Ackroyd: 'I just want to tell a story' 2011-08-25T13:51:05Z

It gives an ineluctably haunting quality to Forget the Past and The Tide that the group's burlesque image does nothing to diminish. The Irrepressibles - review 2010-10-04T21:15:00Z

“That drive and desire was never going to diminish.” A Final Work by Sam Shepard Reveals His Struggle With Lou Gehrig’s Disease 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z

In mocking his water-stain monologues and improbably ornate turns of phrase, did we diminish him to the point that every gang in town felt comfortable taking advantage of him? 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

In a statement, the National District Attorneys Association offered blistering criticism of Foxx’s office, suggesting the “public’s confidence in the criminal justice system” had been “diminished” by its handling of the Smollett charges. The Jussie Smollett saga: a look into Chicago's broken criminal justice system 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

And box-office receipts need to stretch further, to help make up for the diminishing amount of essential public and private subsidies for the arts. Critic's notebook: In a time of cutbacks, some love for the big cast on stage 2011-08-10T19:48:03Z

But the need for reassurance diminished as air travel became more commonplace. Flight attendants’ roles have changed, but the stereotypes have not 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Filmmaker Lee Hirsch said he declined to edit the documentary's offensive language because it would diminish the painful reality of bullying. Weinstein Co. to release `Bully' without rating 2012-03-27T00:19:14Z

This shift dulls and diminishes the effect of the movie. ‘Parkland Rising’ Review: A Close-Up on Activism After a Tragedy 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

Some people play a wholly different character intentionally to demolish or diminish typecasting. Just the Guys, Candid and Rugged 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z

Comedy theorists tend to diminish, or at least distinguish, right-wing humor from what they deem to be more authentic, liberal humor. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

Growing up on both sides of the wealth gap complicates but should not diminish Tanden’s origin story as a fighter for equality, a friend said. Neera Tanden’s confirmation fight is the first morality play of post-Trump Washington 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z

Beginning in the 1990s, a decade that saw the deaths of Blakey, Davis and Carter, jazz’s apprenticeship system has routinely been described as woefully diminished. Pop: Jazz and Its Changing Apprenticeship Systems 2012-07-20T17:21:28Z

Mr. Taylor actually diminishes the effect of “Beloved Renegade,” however, by larding the program notes with seven quotations from Walt Whitman that encourage viewers to interpret the piece primarily as a biodrama of that poet. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-15T22:27:24Z

The smell diminished, and I thought I wouldn’t have to call in a professional cleaner for the couch and rugs. His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

Scenes shift nimbly from weird comedy to unspeakable horror, somehow without diminishing either. Review | With ‘The Night Watchman,’ Louise Erdrich rediscovers her genius 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z

The festival lineup, even in greatly diminished form, was less a statement about the vitality of indie-rock culture on both sides of the border than a patchwork of who showed up. Roughing It and Rocking It at a Mexico Festival 2010-03-23T21:28:00Z

Some opera enthusiasts fear video transmissions will encourage casting that favors looks rather than voice or will diminish the need for classically trained voices. 2010-01-13T05:54:00Z

He's also growing old, tangling gamely with political correctness, watching friends die and diminish, and waspishly assessing his own achievement. Final Demands by Frederic Raphael 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z

The band members knew they were recording on borrowed time; Mercury worked as much as his diminishing energy would allow, with the other three members accommodating his scheduling needs. A Queen fan’s pilgrimage to a sleepy Swiss town where Freddie Mercury found tranquility 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

But this did nothing to diminish his interest in sport, particularly baseball and boxing, which he always said he would rather write about than anything else. Wilfrid Sheed obituary 2011-02-21T19:01:03Z

He is the author of nearly 20 books — six published in the last 11 years alone, but of diminishing quality. ‘Quichotte’ Is Salman Rushdie’s Latest. But the Act Is Getting Old. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

Did you have any concerns that taking on something like “WandaVision” would diminish your indie cred? Kathryn Hahn Talks About Her Insidious, Perfidious Role on ‘WandaVision’ 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

And yet she diminishes both the pas de deux in “Agon” and the “Concerto” Opus 24 of “Episodes.” Dance Review: Youth, Balanchine and Fans Are Served 2011-05-06T23:29:12Z

Wilson faced the challenge by building on concrete rafts set atop the mud, and Sassoon founded the Aerocrete Company, which produced a lighter, “aerated” concrete that further diminished the load. The Man Who Changed the Face of Shanghai 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Age does not diminish the pain of a lost identity, says Humphreys, international director of the Child Migrants Trust. Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’ 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

The hold of religion is weakening, definitely, and diminishing in numbers. AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously' 2011-04-03T20:00:01Z

Fickley seemed to hold the piece at an arm’s distance, diminishing some of the joy and poignancy of the music. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Donations to the Kirov from the church diminished and the academy relied more and more on tuition fees to support what is now a nearly $4 million operating budget. A Ballet School Rehired an Embezzler. Then $1.5 Million Vanished. 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

The return of Ms. Lang’s “Garden Blue” couldn’t diminish the dismal memory of her “Let Me Sing Forevermore,” a duet performed for the first time in New York last week. At American Ballet Theater, New Romantics Can’t Beat a Greek God 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

“Our need for that exterior god, that sits up there and judges us ... will diminish and eventually disappear.” Collective consciousness to replace God: author Dan Brown 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

Curiosity — that animating impulse behind all travel — need not be diminished by the pandemic. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Rhys, wearing a shaggy beard and woolly hat, is an imposing figure – somewhat diminished by the 20ft-high filing cabinet next to him. Gruff Rhys: my musical take on the communist Forrest Gump 2013-05-01T18:30:02Z

With the pandemic seemingly in the rearview mirror but the city still seeking its new normal, New York’s recovery depends on fortifying, not diminishing, tent-poles like parks, streets and libraries. Three Sunny New Libraries Are Neighborhood Lifelines 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

“It’s a real symbiotic relationship and it diminishes it to say we’re supporting her in some Judy Garland way.” Hillary Clinton’s Gay Rights Evolution 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

This month, the eastern monarchs will begin migrating through the Rio Grande Valley, one of the country's most biologically diverse regions, whose native habitat is already 95 percent diminished by human interference. Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

By not risking anything new, “hoaxes actually diminish experience as not big enough to sustain us.” How fake news, hoaxes and humbug are about race 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

If a segment of the population—whether an entire state or an ethnic community—is undercounted, its resources are diminished accordingly. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

“As for Mekas’s films,” he wrote, “the truth of his life does not diminish the beauty of his work; it complicates and even enhances it.” Jonas Mekas: A Poet With a Movie Camera 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

The effect is to diminish credibility, rather than enhance it. Clio Barnard's The Arbor is out of lip-synch with reality 2010-10-25T10:06:00Z

Another shot, even for a truckload of cash, would only further diminish what Friends once was. An unscripted Friends reunion would be a diabolical mess 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z

But Berman is building a hero: her story doesn't need a strong woman, let alone a status for her protagonist that is diminished, bordering on irrelevancy. A Hugh Hefner Documentary: Airbrushed 2010-07-31T06:45:00Z

And yet, instead of using a moment of collapse as an opportunity to remake the world, we have just returned, stunned and diminished, to our former ways. The Leftovers: Tom Perrotta's Rapture 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

But it’s the ways Lorde veers from script that are the most intriguing — not wholesale disruptions so much as little ripples that draw attention to the planned-out pageantry without diminishing its value. Review: In a Big Room, Lorde Protects the Small Moments 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

That much of the audience had already seen the clips on YouTube did not seem to diminish the enthusiasm. Internet Cat Video Film Festival, at Walker Art Center 2012-08-31T19:55:50Z

Given those diminished expectations, the film's not awful. Barney, The Tempest and Casino Jack: Warming Up for Oscar 2010-12-31T07:00:00Z

As winter cold and darkness set in I saw that the bird was miserable: diminishing daylight must have been bad enough, but I also sensed that he was lonely. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z

Yet the inevitable warm fuzziness doesn’t terribly undercut all the nasty pleasures previously provided, nor diminish expectations for the next bit of mischief. Books of The Times: ?Elliot Allagash,? Tale of a Bully, by Simon Rich 2010-06-14T23:08:00Z

We work harder for less money and are expected to spend more and more on electronic gizmos that fill up our diminishing leisure hours. The war on Christmas movies 2012-12-08T17:00:00Z

The author, most recently, of the novel “Bowlaway” prefers physical books for the sense of accomplishment: “I like to hold the chunk of remaining book as I read; I like to feel it diminish.” Elizabeth McCracken: By the Book 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

For artists, writers and thinkers it's difficult to reflect on the dehumanization of masses of people without diminishing some of the characteristics that make them unique. "The Underground Railroad" attempts to upend viewers’ notions of what it meant to be enslaved 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

It was as though the orchestra pit had suddenly expanded to include the whole of the audience, however diminished. Perspective | I miss live performances, but what I really miss is applause 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

When someone Mr. Vij follows on Twitter posted an audio clip of a rap-song advertisement supporting the presidential candidacy of Ben Carson, Mr. Vij struggled with his diminished ability to express himself. Twitter Fans Speak Out Against the Heart 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

The highly patterned writing once again introduces a problem of diminishing returns. Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Our personal interactions are not always effortless, but time and a shared focus on parenting helped diminish the rawness of our break from open wounds to tender spots. ‘We Found Our Groove in Splitting Up’ 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe, until someone figures out how to fashion an antidote that doesn’t seriously diminish the original, it should not be done. Perspective | In some musicals of yore, female characters deserve better. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

She explained how the expropriation of land from Palestinian farmers and the closure of borders with Syria and Lebanon, which led to a labor shortage, diminished the economic viability of olive farming. The Best Olive Oil in the World? This Village Thinks So. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

An inadequately educated underclass will diminish future tax revenues and hurt Southerners of every stripe. Books of The Times: ‘Better Off Without ’Em,’ by Chuck Thompson 2012-08-21T22:05:37Z

For most of the 20th century, it was a sleepy place, its vineyards diminished. Priorat Reds Raise the Question: Style or Identity? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Characters in “A God in Ruins” have only one life, usually a pinched and diminished one that they’re looking back on with melancholy or regret. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Trim and lithe, if oddly diminished by his James Brown hairpiece, he performs solos in a velvety voice interspersed with friendly chuckles, occasionally working in a frisky improv-style bit. 'Kiss Me, Kate' an ingenious adaptation at Pasadena Playhouse 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Where Jennifer Aniston's single status is constantly picked over, Gaga has carved out a space where she can stand alone, and that loneliness actually heightens, rather than diminishes, her power. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

Iranian men in my community set the rules, handled the money and diminished women, including me. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

“It is sad but not surprising that government money is being withdrawn. There is a diminishing interest in the already marginal pure dance experience in its theater form.” Dance Leaders Deplore Cuts in Belgium 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

Living in Europe, he said, has diminished his voice as a human rights advocate in China. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

During the forced closures of the past year, museums had to contemplate the future and worry about what they were seeing, including the prospect of diminishing public relevance. Best Art Exhibitions of 2021 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

Mina herself, in the meantime, is pregnant and thus assumed by those around her to be in a diminished state — physically delicate and mentally frail. In a Battle for Female Personhood, These Plays Are on the Front Lines 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

The film is one of the great documents of the art form, which it both honors and distorts, exalts and diminishes and even, at times, unintentionally insults. A Classic Jazz Documentary That Honors and Insults the Art Form 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

His work, often dissonant, made abundant use of the musical interval known as the diminished fifth, or tritone. Peter Maxwell Davies, Contrarian British Composer, Dies at 81 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

Once “Crowd” has introduced these modes, though, it stalls, reverting to slow-mo again and again with diminishing returns. ‘Crowd’ Review: A Slow-Motion Rave, With Glints of Violence 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

As Gordon, a lecturer at King’s College London, repeatedly points out, any hard-line view of Carter as a champion of gender politics diminishes her as a writer. The unconventional life of Angela Carter — prolific author, reluctant feminist 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

Both initiatives failed — and failed badly, leaving him with a diminished capacity to extend the New Deal or intervene to deter German, Italian and Japanese aggressions. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

"When you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats of music, you're disrespectful to inspiration," he said. Kanye West hit wrong note in latest Grammy diatribe 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

The heady sense of periphery becoming central, the close interplay between performers and spectators, the larger dramatic shape: These were all diminished. Pam Tanowitz Brings Her Steps to Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

Scroll through Levine’s caricatures on the website of The New York Review of Books, and you will find a subtle history of his diminishing eyesight, according to his son, Matthew. Artists Who Lose Their Vision, Then See Clearly 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

In January, Ms. Prescod, who lives in New Orleans, began to realize how much her water consumption had diminished now that she no longer works in an office. The Water Bottle That Won’t Leave You Alone 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

In the MGM film her trip is portrayed as a dream, but that doesn’t diminish the girl’s accomplishment. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z

Not so long ago Manhattan’s annual spring Asia Week was feeling diminished. Art Review: Big Continent, Much to See 2011-03-17T22:21:07Z

The book is a journey through an increasingly poetic landscape where the differences between the external and internal landscapes steadily diminish. Our pursuit of spring continues, 100 years after Edward Thomas's 2013-03-28T13:57:39Z

Complex life may well be the wonder of the universe, and if it is, its status is not diminished by the fact that we can indeed bisect it, that we kill it routinely. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

The gaudy shock value might be somewhat diminished but its impact remains equally devastating. The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 6: The Look of Silence 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Yet his reputation as a couturier was diminishing. Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

It insults those who do plan to have kids or are parents already by diminishing the sheer amount of physical and emotional labor that goes into the undertaking. Stop pressuring women to be moms: It’s insulting to assume we all want the same thing 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

“That is the area of law that is often referred to as diminished responsibility,” she said. Pistorius trial to resume after psychiatric tests 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

But to be reduced to it diminishes a person. Marianne Faithfull: rocking 60s style 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z

His fate at the company that he has served for so long has been determined: His epaulets have been ripped off, and he will return, diminished, to the base camp of MSNBC. Brian Williams, in Raw Form, Delivers an Apology on ‘Today’ 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“There’s a complex difference between the Holocaust and other genocides. If you diminish it, you’re doing something offensive to Jews.” U.S. Holocaust Museums Are Updating Content and Context 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

The simplicity of the romance does not diminish its uniqueness. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Chauvin was much smaller and thinner than how he looked in the footage, and over the weeks, he seemed to diminish more in the face of damaging testimony, including from his former Minneapolis police colleagues. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters

To call “America’s Most Wanted” merely a show may diminish the public-service role that Mr. Walsh and others say it performs. Considering Next Steps for ?Wanted? 2011-05-17T23:52:46Z

Like Walter before him, Jesse hatches from the cocoon of immorality slightly diminished, but with that invigorating feeling of control and self-determination. Breaking bald 2012-07-24T18:30:00Z

"The dimensions of the conflict have diminished sufficiently that mining has resumed on the occupied land," the man says, which Partagaz responds to by asking him about "storage issues with the displaced." From bureaucratic drudgery to prison labor, “Andor” shows how exploitation leads to the Dark Side 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

This is the latest in a string of closings as Broadway grapples with diminished tourism, fewer Manhattan office workers and an inflation-driven rise in production costs following the lengthy pandemic shutdown of theaters. ‘Beetlejuice’ to Close on Broadway 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

That their art was created collaboratively and commercially successful, however, does not diminish its importance as radical work of sexual defiance. Beethoven Was the Johnny Rotten of His Day 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

The Orion players’ familiarity to me did not diminish the impact of their compelling performance of Schubert’s last, strangely elusive quartet. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z

But as the logistical difficulties became apparent — finding a site, arranging power, permits, bathrooms — interest diminished. On the Road With Ballet Theater. Who Needs Red Velvet Seats. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Conventional wisdom says that new technology has diminished our habits of attention. Bach in New York 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

When torture becomes normalised, other forms of social control, such as the rule of law, diminish. Pinter's Hothouse will never cool down 2013-05-09T10:45:25Z

At its core, “Paradise, Nevada” is a moral inquiry into the profit motive, with poker a metaphor for the diminishing returns of a consolidated U.S. economy. Review | ‘Paradise, Nevada’ tries to capture our anxious American essence with a collision course through the gaming industry 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

You sense this from the beginning, but its inevitability doesn’t diminish the shock. ‘The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk,’ a One-Man Show 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

This novel technology has me wondering: Does all this razzle-dazzle diminish that dreamy aura of romance and enchantment present in the old trade center? Atop New York’s One World Trade Center, a rush of hope and memories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

“He should have said to himself, I’m a decent, caring human being. I don’t need to diminish him to feel powerful.” How to Beat Trump, According to Experts on Middle-School Bullies 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

It also contains the herb plantain, which supposedly helps stimulate collagen production and diminish fine lines, $49.95, annmariegianni.com. Beauty Spots: Chia Seeds Are Latest Wonder Ingredient for Skin 2013-05-15T19:47:42Z

We drove that stretch of road many times during our visit, and our wonder at its grandeur never diminished. A family shares the grandeur of Wyoming 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

A model of transparency and structural ingenuity, the tower consists of a series of stacked hyperboloids of diminishing size. Critic’s Notebook: An Engineering Landmark Faces Demolition in Moscow 2014-03-16T17:07:29Z

If they were grappling with diminished influence it rarely showed or shaped their public narrative. Hip-Hop Is Evolving. Just Ask Its Superstars. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

But any slowing in her output cannot diminish a career that epitomizes committed artistry: a composer who stumbled on a sound and has spent a lifetime nurturing it. For a Composer at 90, There’s Nothing but Time 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

It’s a move that shows no signs of diminishing, even as they reopen for dining in one form or another. As Food Deliveries Boom, So Do Ghost Kitchens 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

There is little in the way of conventional plot here, but its absence does nothing to diminish the narrative compulsion of this novel. Revisiting Carol Shields and the Everywoman 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

But, especially in a year when touring wasn’t a viable income stream, collaborative hits also seemed like savvier business strategies in the streaming era of diminishing returns. One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

After a month of riding the pine in favor of playoff baseball “New Girl” and “Glee” returned to the Fox lineup on Tuesday night, only to be welcomed by diminished audiences. ArtsBeat Blog: 'New Girl' and 'Glee' Return to Lineup but Fall Short 2011-11-02T20:31:11Z

Ms. Hurt’s Jeanette, Will’s embittered but caring mother — who like millions of older Americans faces an uncertain economic future with diminishing resources — nurses an abiding disappointment along with a stoic realism. | 'Lebanon, Pa': In a Small Town, Big Life-Changers 2011-04-29T04:03:01Z

Like Doc Holliday, I am diminished and disabled by long-term illness. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The literary magazine Bookforum announced on Monday that its current issue would be its last, dealing a significant blow to literary journalism, which has been vastly diminished in recent years. Bookforum Is Closing, Leaving Ever Fewer Publications Devoted to Books 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

Obreht is always skillful in her delivery of this pivotal information, but it is a formal technique that sometimes diminishes the urgency of the novel’s forward motion. Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

For while Davis and Day should be lauded for their exemplary work, their movies overemphasize the trauma and diminish the artistic genius of the icons they embody, Ma Rainey and Billie Holiday. Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

My diminishing ability to cope was rather spectacularly exposed a week later, when I was invited to a private lunch with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

Today, less local journalism—and less meaningful journalism—moves through a diminished network. The U.S. newspaper crisis is growing: More than 1 in 5 local papers have closed since 2004 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

He is preoccupied not only with the crime story around which “The Troubled Man” revolves but also with his diminished prospects and deteriorating state of mind. Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z

It’s not just that the alcohol content of the usual Negroni is diminished. The Tipsy Diaries: In an Imperfect World, a Drink Made for It 2011-04-28T18:40:03Z

The painting’s primary form is the big, top log that booms outward while its back end diminishes swiftly to a distant vanishing point. A Less Anxious Edvard Munch 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

In the case of the Hunger Strikers for Breonna, they were protesting a political system that diminishes the personhood of Black individuals, especially Black women. No justice, no feast: How hunger strikers are keeping the protest over Breonna Taylor's death alive 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s really just about reaching the peak of your adulthood and not going past the age where there are diminishing returns.” Puppies and older pooches face tough odds to win Westminster glory 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

Creativity for both men, who were acutely aware of their diminishing powers as they aged, is more agonizing than ecstatic. Review: In ‘Cézanne et Moi,’ Zola and the Artist Are Pals. However ... 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

And then there’s the diminished kid-free time for him and his wife. Summer means a parade of long, sunny days, and it’s actually the worst 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

“People are recognizing that this important biodiversity inside of us has been diminished and are seeking strategies to restore it for immune function, digestion, mental health and everything else,” he said. The Hippies Have Won (the Plate, at Least) 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

I could see, in my mind’s eye, the chair in which she sat, with a writing tablet on her lap and a bottle nearby, its contents rapidly diminishing. ‘The Trip to Echo Spring’: On the trail of writers and drinking 2014-01-10T21:58:25Z

Hint, Jay: you're already canonical, but this kind of thing diminishes you. Magna Carta Holy Grail – a first-listen review 2013-07-04T14:23:37Z

“We reject that choice. We perform for ballet and opera, and we don’t want to be diminished. This is a conflict that will likely arise again.” Kennedy Center stagehands authorize strike, putting ‘Hadestown’ and other scheduled shows in jeopardy 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

Gradually the working-class character of the far East Side diminished, and in 1961 East Side House moved to the Bronx. Streetscapes: East Side House Settlements: A Sight to See When Traffic Stalls 2012-11-11T05:27:15Z

But the director argued that Paquin’s character — whose wordless rejection of the aging Frank devastates him — was in no way diminished by her silence. Martin Scorsese Is Letting Go 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

“One application lasts several weeks. It starts to diminish after that,” Sanchez says. Don’t let bugs ruin your summer fun: Party pros share their secrets 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

Putting across so many medical factoids and bits of real stories has the paradoxical effect of diminishing a sense of emotional truth. Review: ‘Uncommon Sense’ Looks at Life on the Autism Spectrum 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

I think it would have been diminishing returns, Knowing that it's now this triptych is quite pleasing. "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

Does subsuming massive topics into this long performance diminish or trivialize them? A Poet Takes Aim at the Literary and Political Patriarchy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

In those hours as his father is slipping away, diminished physically and mentally, nearing the end, Rodrigo sorts through emotions that can be hard to reconcile. Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

He sympathised with the original legal team who had not sought medical evidence because “nothing was said by the applicant which suggested that the partial defence of diminished responsibility might be available”. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Granger returned to Hollywood after this extended Italian trip and found himself rapidly diminishing in status. Farley Granger: a life in clips 2011-03-29T15:18:38Z

The fact that it may not be entirely true doesn’t diminish its power. Paul La Farge’s ‘The Night Ocean’ will suck you into the vortex of H.P. Lovecraft 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

But friends who diminish their assumption of my capacity because of phenotype — that was the most depressing and saddening part. Stacey Abrams: Being a black woman in politics isn’t ‘some fatal diagnosis’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

The life expectancy for a man from the East End of London was 26 years old, kept low by the diminished life expectancy of casual laborers, who took on unsecure and often deadly work. Why Jack the Ripper and other serial killer narratives endure 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Then critics, including the National Parks Conservation Association, an independent advocacy group, argued that any development would diminish the site’s history. Revolution Museum Unveils Design by Robert A. M. Stern 2012-06-11T21:58:26Z

The private sector will not rush to fill the void created by diminishing subsidies. Arts and the new coalition government 2010-05-21T23:07:00Z

But there is a law of diminishing returns. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

And the novel’s mustang spirit diminishes into a ho-hum horse movie. ‘Black Beauty’ Review: A Melodrama in Need of Rougher Edges 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z

The tribunes, the plebeians’ representatives, fear that if Coriolanus is made consul he will diminish their power. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

By Wednesday Mr. Cobb had added a regular compatriot, the saxophonist Javon Jackson, giving the group a welcome heft but possibly diminishing its sense of purpose. Music Review: Jimmy Cobb Expands His Act at Village Vanguard 2013-08-22T21:37:37Z

We ask great writers to transcend, and Vonnegut’s best work surely does, but the law of diminishing returns applies to most posthumous publication. How Kurt Vonnegut Found His Voice and His Themes 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The film is sentimental at times, but that in no way diminishes its power. Prefer to watch movies about football rather than football this Thanksgiving? These are 10 of the best 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Yet while "Ghostbusters 2" was perfectly satisfied retroactively diminishing the plot of the first movie in order to mindlessly repeat it, there was one thing it forgot to include: decent jokes. Jason Reitman's "Ghostbusters 3" will have a hard time being as good as Paul Feig's "Ghostbusters" 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

But the poetry she extracts from them is impossible to discount or diminish. Perspective | In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

What I love about James’s Trump is, it’s the diminished Trump. Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’ 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

And as a result, the impact — the grandeur, the art — of “Wuthering Heights” is diminished. Movie Review: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ by Andrea Arnold, With Kaya Scodelario 2012-10-05T00:03:37Z

CEOs have used carried interest, performance-related pay, stock options, and deferred compensation to make off with extra money that is only available to the beneficiaries of diminishing government. Five ways corporate greed is bankrupting America 2012-10-16T21:55:00Z

Although the elder Murdoch plans to relinquish his CEO title, that won't diminish his involvement in corporate affairs, according to people who have worked with him. Rupert Murdoch expected to stay active in Fox corporate affairs 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

Making matters worse, I'm miles behind the others in conversation, as I've been silently fretting over the diminishing quantity of quicos. The tangible joy of quicos, the crunchy Spanish bar snack that's worth the noise 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z

So there’s something dishearteningly retrograde about these songs, and how they diminish women with lack of imagination and ease. Retro Rap That Puts Women Down 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Older women, she thinks, are more sensitive to being wedged into a dining room than their younger counterparts, due partly to diminished hearing. Perspective | The latest trend I loathe in restaurants: No space between tables 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

Her appetite is diminished, along with her mobility. Linda Ronstadt never stopped singing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Not to diminish your pain, but put it in perspective. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He was her first love, she was his second guess 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

For the others, each passing year diminishes the odds they'll face justice, as witnesses disappear and new cases take priority, the Tribune's investigation found. Border-crossing fugitives a national problem 2012-01-29T06:00:00Z

I’d been entranced by the controversy surrounding the manuscript — its sudden appearance after the death of Lee’s sister, her trusted protector, and rush to publication with Lee in diminished health. Resisting the mystery of “Go Set a Watchman”: Why I’m not reading Harper Lee’s “new” novel 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

“And of course to ensure that your legitimate medical concerns are not dismissed or diminished.” CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour reveals ovarian cancer diagnosis 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

Katherine Farley, the chairwoman of Lincoln Center’s board, said the new timeline would not diminish the scope of the renovation, which aims to render the lackluster hall more aesthetically and acoustically appealing. A Pandemic Opportunity: Geffen Hall’s Overhaul Accelerates 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Becoming professor of 19th-century literature at the University of London has done nothing to diminish my capacity for that mode of enthusiasm that fans call "squee". War of the worlds: who owns the political soul of science fiction? 2013-04-08T09:00:01Z

Over the last century, deforestation has reduced it to diminishing islands; a 2001 report by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund found that only 2 percent of the original lowland forest of the Ecuadorean Chocó remains. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z

After tracking for some time, he wrote in his Autobiography: "I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined, but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish." Taking My Measure 2011-04-06T22:00:00Z

Will he be somehow diminished, a shell of himself? ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 2: A Red Rebound 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

And yet, there is something diminishing about citing great works of literature as emotional support vessels — diminishing not only to the great work but to the new one. A Grieving Woman’s Eloquent Homage to Virginia Woolf 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

In Mantel's new novel, in stores Tuesday and the sequel to "Wolf Hall," death has diminished Cromwell. 'Bring Up the Bodies' a wonderful, terrible sequel to 'Wolf Hall' 2012-05-04T03:31:52Z

Deafness diminishes your ability to speak clearly and I grew up with tremendous speech impediments, including a stutter. ILL-Abilities: the b-boy supercrew taking on the able-bodied 2013-05-02T16:32:51Z

In playing with words, the author diminishes the role of a key player in the production of the "dish," Jack Daniel's whiskey, to make a catchy title. Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan "Nearest" Green, Jack Daniel's and my dad's sobriety 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

This view was maintained with only gradually diminishing conviction for at least another 50 years. Pablo Picasso and his influence on British art 2012-02-10T22:55:13Z

Swift continues to be an anomaly in an era of diminished expectations and performance in retail music sales.  First week for Taylor Swift's '1989' album? 1.287 million in sales 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

The show was rewritten in diminished form for the theatre, but it wasn't half as good, nor as wonderfully cast. Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-25T13:29:00Z

This slight disconnect can't diminish the power of the band's finest songs. The Libertines 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

These small human contacts help diminish the power of xenophobia and hatred. Can Middle East tourism ever recover? 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

As an example, Nelson explores how “drugs can grant nearly matchless access to feeling free while simultaneously working, over time, to diminish the space in a life for practices of freedom.” Review | In Maggie Nelson’s ‘On Freedom,’ liberation and entrapment aren’t easy to untangle 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z

Happily, "Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971," opening Sunday in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, does not diminish his importance on her early work. A dean of Japanese music talks boundaries, John Cage and life with Yoko Ono 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

Hayward Gallery Project Space, SE1, Wed to 19 Sep Martin Creed, Edinburgh A series of office chairs are stacked, or rather precariously balanced, one atop another, in order of their diminishing size. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

During exhibitors began offering double features in the hope of luring back their diminished audience. DVDs: Now on DVD, Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane 2010-05-08T02:52:00Z

I am currently houndless, but my devotion to the diminutives has not diminished. Two great destinations, if you’re a dachshund 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Hip replacement surgery has left him diminished physically. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s easier to face up to a father’s death if you diminish him first,” he muses. ‘All the Dead Yale Men’: a family’s legacy of troubles 2013-07-05T16:43:42Z

You can be sad and lucky and one does not diminish the other. Nora McInerny rejects the cult of positivity that demands we get over grief: "Bitch, how?" 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Knowing the story’s conceit little diminishes Shyamalan’s skill in telling it. Plot Twist! Why 2004 Was a Surprising Year for Movies 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

The very concept of a “sale” — the old Sundance measuring stick — has shrunk along with a diminishing theatrical audience. More Movies at Sundance Are Sidestepping the Big Screen 2014-01-13T00:51:34Z

Every new passenger diminishes the experience for the existing pool of customers. Uber and the Ongoing Erasure of Public Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

As the tower rises, the floors diminish, from a rambling 20,000 sq ft at the lower levels to boutique 6,000 sq ft penthouses, aimed at the cream of asset management firms. The Cheesegrater: Richard Rogers sprinkles the Square Mile 2013-06-16T17:00:01Z

Whatever their strengths, the individual works are radically decontextualized and diminished in this arrangement. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z

Ms. Foley wrote that lip service is given to the importance of great designers, when, in fact, serious focus on craft and artistry has diminished. On the Runway: Are You Mad, Too? 2011-01-14T19:02:39Z

So the women’s movement felt diminishing to her, and she resented it. Samantha Bee and Jane Pauley Are Breaking the News 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

The fragmentation of what was a collective endeavour into an array of specialist sites diminishes the whole. We have the cenotaph: we don't need more memorials 2010-07-12T07:00:00Z

“It’s sort of a double diminished, not yet hip, but on the way to hip.” Toots Thielemans: A harmonica titan looks back on a stellar career 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

"The value of art is diminished by being monetarised," he said on Wednesday night. Henry Moore sculpture decision raises fears for public art 2012-11-07T20:16:35Z

If people try to diminish that and say, 'Oh, it's just a movie or it's just a TV show. Beyond "Joy Luck Club": Tamlyn Tomita on "Asian Americans" and the power of immigrant storytelling 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Another worry involves diminishing artistic experience, or “flattening,” as Mr. Bailey put it, which can happen when films are narrowly defined and labeled. Toronto Film Festival: Just Don’t Call Them ‘Black Films’ 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

He said all this in a semi-joking tone, and I responded in kind, as I felt a yelling match with my coach over human rights would greatly diminish my chances of remaining employed.” Vikings coach Mike Priefer denies Chris Kluwe’s “attacks” 2014-01-03T15:30:00Z

The years following Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” were a stretch of male legacy acts, with diminishing returns. The Most Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Shows 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Consider “Avengers: Endgame,” when characters who were once diminished to dust in “Avengers: Infinity War,” snapped back into existence. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is in Theaters. Let’s Talk About It. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

When celebrities cashed in, they also risked diminishing their credibility as serious artists. The Triumph of the Celebrity Endorsement 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

“It’s such a powerful way for women to take back symbols that traditionally were used to diminish female power,” said Nell Diamond, the chief executive and founder of Hill House Home, the lifestyle brand. We Can’t Stop Thinking About Amanda Gorman’s Headband 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Some faculty are concerned that the distinctions of each campus will be diminished. Report: Anonymous U. of I. emails came from chief of staff's computer 2012-01-13T21:26:00Z

Still, Ms. Galinsky argues, that does not diminish the significance of the president’s choices. 2010-02-13T03:35:00Z

There's room for a diminished version of me. Maggie Smith on her memoir's unanswerable questions and feeling ambivalent about "Good Bones" 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z

But once he takes his hand off the tiller, it might still be hard to avoid the law of diminishing returns. Should the Avatar universe expand? 2010-08-12T15:22:00Z

They’re also causing mounting damage to an institution that they happily trade off while they berate, smear and diminish it. ‘Harry & Meghan’: A Second Serving of Reviews for the Netflix Series 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

Most importantly, the conductor paid apt attention to the emotional complexity of the Second Symphony, a mature masterpiece too often diminished by blithe assertions of its allegedly “sunny” disposition. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in a deeply satisfying Brahms program 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

Comic books were sillier back in the Silver Age, but the appeal of comic book animals hasn’t diminished, even when comic books are generally more serious fare. From Pizza Dog to Vincent Van Goat, the best comic book pets 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

The report comes amid concern about low humanities enrollments and worries that the Obama administration’s emphasis on science education risks diminishing a huge source of the nation’s intellectual strength. Humanities Committee Sounds an Alarm 2013-06-18T21:48:54Z

The most famous balcony scene in all of drama is here played out more or less at stage level; if a visual emblem of the diminished reach of this production was needed, there it is. Review: ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Human Animals.’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

I think it is disrespectful and diminishes her work to attribute it all to "being in the right place at the right time." At the Whitney, a Champion of American Art 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

She made working women her primary cause, only to see Nordstrom drop her clothing brand after a boycott and diminished sales. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Rodgers, though physically diminished, was intellectually sharp and told the songwriters she liked what she heard. Get ready for another ‘Freaky Friday’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

You pulled your play “Paradise Blue” from the Geffen Playhouse, saying that Black women who worked on the show had been “verbally abused and diminished.” Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

“It is the realization that some lives are so extraordinary and touch so many people that their story must be told to generations to come so those values aren’t diminished or lost altogether.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorializes the great John Wooden in 'Coach Wooden and Me' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Such geeky academia, though, diminishes the central success of "Lazaretto," which is that it's a hell of a lot of fun to listen to. Jack White's 'Lazaretto' taps Nashville for songs' wellspring 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Anything that fleshes out the person beneath the words tends to diminish the artistry; anything that sticks to the unfiltered words is dull. Onstage, the Pen Is Usually Duller Than the Sword 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Manning also said: "I also recall that in early 2009, Barack Obama stated that he would close Guantánamo, and that the facility compromised our standing over all, and diminished our moral authority." Bradley Manning trial to be recreated in comic-book form 2013-06-11T12:05:00Z

In that way, it feels not too diminishing in that way or surprising, in some ways, for the world of our show. "Only Murders in the Building" boss on that killer party, other possible suspects and next season 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

But now there’s a ghost Quinn, one severely diminished – one with distorted vision, slurred speech, mashed memory and klutzy motor skills. Homeland recap: season six, episode one – Fair Game 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

But there can be a point of diminishing returns, Mr. Kaiser noted. How Do You Raise $3.47 Billion? Ask These Guys. 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

But that doesn't diminish the pleasures that are on display. 'Pleasures of Being Out of Step' a brisk look at Nat Hentoff 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Only when Ms. Houston’s success leaves Mr. Brown feeling diminished does he falter, but at the end, he’s a sober hero, and Ms. Houston is in free fall. Whitney Houston’s Story in a Lifetime Film 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

He hesitates as if approaching a sacred altar of sound, and then surrenders to his solitude, allowing himself to be haunted by their absence but not diminished by it. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Even when he dons the judge’s heavy robe, he never succumbs to the self-seriousness that might diminish his subject’s humanity. | 'Thurgood': Marshall v. Bias: A Life Revealed in Anecdotes 2011-02-23T23:22:27Z

Besides disliking the diminished privacy and the inhibiting quality of feeling watched, I valued my anonymous, boring life. Searching for Bill Watterson 2013-04-07T17:00:00Z

It seems safe to say that the love story would have grown over time and revision, and the Hollywood story would have been diminished. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up” 2013-06-09T15:00:00Z

He’d lost 120 pounds in recent months — by cutting grains and sugars from his diet — but that wasn’t the transformation that diminished him to some. The ballad of Big John Fetterman: Democrats yearned for a folk hero. But will they vote for one? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

In these three works, the message and medium are out of alignment, and the expressive power of dance is diminished, neglected. Review: A Los Angeles Troupe in Search of Choreographic Vision 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

However, he maintains that as societies mature, their tolerance for environmental damage also diminishes. A History of the Energy We Have Consumed 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Maybe some people — in search of a quiet getaway — might view the presence of so many kids bearing hockey sticks as diminishing the romance. Searching for a River to Skate Away On 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

He asked them how they communicated and noticed that email played a diminishing role in their social lives. Facebook is stealing a march on Google in the battle for ad revenue 2010-11-21T00:07:00Z

Speaking of her generation’s possibly diminished capacity for deep friendships, Ms. Schiller issued an unintentionally resonant qualification. Are My Friends Really My Friends? 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z

However, the presence of an exoticizing white gaze does not diminish the objects themselves. The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Where this diminished legacy also becomes clear is on the streaming platforms Spotify and Apple Music, both of which lack releases from INXS's catalog. New INXS doc revives Michael Hutchence's vibrant mystique amidst the band's diminished legacy 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

No matter how many times motifs from this Allegretto reappear, even within the same movie, the music’s gloomy refinement prevents anything like diminishing returns. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Indeed, for many passengers, being nickeled-and-dimed diminishes the joy of the journey. The Getaway: Fleeced by Fees When You Travel? 2012-09-21T17:43:38Z

For classical scholars, putting an emphasis on the material and physical aspects of war, taking the battles so literally, risks diminishing the the mythic legacy of the Greeks. A Misguided Impulse to Update the Greek Classics 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The film’s referential pleasures feel insubstantial, diminished by the direct comparison to more meaningful works of the period. ‘18½’ Review: Watergate, Through a Fog 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

Benedict said in "Light of the World" that he knew his own strength was diminishing — steps are difficult for him and his aides regularly hold his elbows as he climbs up or down. Observers say pope showing signs of age 2011-12-17T13:24:00Z

But without Verizon as a major carrier, Baliwala says important advertising revenue and the ability to reach a mainstream audience will be diminished. Verizon dropping Muslim lifestyles station 2012-02-27T17:35:09Z

Where Stainer opts to add a diminished chord to “Glory,” Willcocks instead chooses the more symbolically rich “Word.” ‘Everyone Wants to Hear’ This One Chord in a Christmas Carol 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

Boy band albums are like Russian nesting dolls, each one a smaller, more diminished but otherwise identical version of the one before. One Direction made it to ‘Four,’ which is more of a feat than ‘Four’ itself

During the restoration the signature was lost, Mr. Spike said, but that did not diminish his confidence that it was an El Greco. Inside Art: Muscarelle Museum Scholar Identifies an El Greco Work 2012-04-12T22:22:40Z

Or maybe she got tired of dealing with all the ways that trying to have creative output can diminish you in the world. ‘Clueless’ Was Amy Heckerling’s Masterpiece. Is She Done With It? As If. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

This season, Carrie emerged from electroshock reasonably sane, and that was in some ways diminishing. ArtsBeat: Homeland's Season Finale, With a Twist 2012-12-17T11:48:01Z

Cooking would diminish them, so any jammy urges are better saved for lesser fruit. Tart Rhubarb Shines on Shortcakes 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

It was as if the staffers were trying diminish “the passion and the power that we had.” Black voters in West Virginia are tired of being invisible 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

It is a way of diminishing their individuality by putting this label on them.” Zoe Kazan: Not a Dream, a Surprise 2012-07-25T13:00:13Z

But it was a hit of diminished expectations—they had pressed just a thousand copies. The Music Itself Is a Form of Protest 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Ninotchka’s personhood is diminished, even as the composer’s work is vulgarized. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

In Louise Penny’s upcoming thriller, a novice secretary of state faces the daunting task of rebuilding American leadership after years of diminishing influence abroad. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny to Write Political Thriller 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

The festival’s glory days, when the legendary likes of Arturo Toscanini held court, were diminished during the Nazi era. Why do music festivals matter? For an answer, America, look to Salzburg 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

As time passed, however, she said the lines became more efficient and the wait time to enter Poland diminished, Skuibida said. Chicago mom flies to help Ukrainians at Polish border: 'I could not stay at home' 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

Depressive graduate students, loaded with debt and fretful about diminished job prospects, fasten on to the futility running through the plays. A triumphant ‘Endgame’ for Beckett veteran Alan Mandell 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

All his accomplishments in science are diminished now, overshadowed by his infinite fall from grace. Ben Carson’s infinite fall from grace 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

In the aftermath of 9/11, some movie critics, this one included, wondered whether the American appetite for epic disaster movies might be diminished. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Love in the Ruins 2012-06-21T10:45:56Z

On a recent visit to northeastern Syria, the American photographer Andrea DiCenzo found her access diminishing, practically with each click of the shutter. Inside the Field Hospitals for Soldiers Wounded Fighting ISIS 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Was he maybe listening to advice that he distance himself from Venezuela, given the increasing social unrest and diminishing relations between his homeland and the U.S.? Gustavo Dudamel 'very happy' with decision to stay in L.A. 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

As with every other culture industry, the internet democratized the scene, diminishing the power of gatekeepers, opening up avenues for success, and serving audiences that had been mostly overlooked. Comedy Is Booming. I Can’t Wait for the Bust. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z

Soon the various players break off into short three-note melodic bits, quivering strings, fidgety rhythms and sustained sonorities that keep swelling and diminishing. Review: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Returns, With Gusto 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z

As evidence for its diminished status, he quotes celebrations of nonsense by the Talking Heads and Zorba the Greek. In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Young black men in poor neighborhoods are outrageously impeded by diminished economic horizons, the unforgiving rules of the street, centuries of institutional racism. Review: Deep in a Homicide Unit, Details, but No Big Picture 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Yudkin led a diminishing band of dissenters who believed that sugar, not fat, was the more likely cause of maladies such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

As in real life, where we've watched successive administrations run out of money and credibility, so we've seen the characters in the show flail and suffocate in their analogue world of diminishing opportunity. The Thick of It: the agony of tight spaces 2012-08-26T19:00:00Z

As soon as she did anything that was less than perfect, she completely diminished in value. That Intense New Character on ‘You’? Victoria Pedretti ‘Had the Tools’ 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

She cited Buttigieg’s criticisms of Mike Pence’s anti-L.G.B.T. policies, noting, “He doesn’t diminish the other person, but he calls him on the behavior.” How to Beat Trump, According to Experts on Middle-School Bullies 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

After all, how often does a novel that seems poised to reward your immersive attention diminish in its power, conspicuously and all at once, as soon as it tries to engage your predictive attention? Aimee Bender’s Latest Is a Proustian Reverie 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

The number that irks critics the most isn’t 156,000 but 1, with its visibility and the implied victory of reaching a commercial peak, no matter how diminished it may be. Arcade Fire?s Hit Record, and an Indie-Rock Identity Crisis 2010-08-15T01:30:00Z

Phantosmia is but one type of smell and taste disorder, the most common of which are hyposmia, which is diminished ability to smell, and anosmia, which is the inability to detect smells. Can you pass this smell test? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

We met again at the end of that decade of diminishing returns, not long before the release of of a six-part TV film of Christos Tsiolkas's portrait of urban Australia's psyche, The Slap. What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40 2013-03-11T04:46:40Z

My decision to defend these charges, as will become apparent in the appropriate forum of the court, is not intended to in any way diminish the importance of Australia’s laws. Johnny Depp's dogs: Amber Heard 'looking forward' to fighting charges 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Our undisturbed soil sequesters carbon, so this farm is actually diminishing carbon emissions, not producing them. Get to know two Wagyu farmers (then make your new favorite steak salad) 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

“But perhaps our story was too emotional for these already difficult times. Perhaps the poorly reviewed film of the same name diminished our audience. Perhaps it was just our time.” Waving Goodbye to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Their power may have been limited during their lives by men, misogyny and the executioner, and diminished afterward by the dust of time, but hey, it’s still a tale you can dance to. Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

So why are museums the outliers in an otherwise diminished national labor movement? U.S. Museums See Rise in Unions Even as Labor Movement Slumps 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z

In the game that these guys have taken up, it’s either capture new territory and win new victories or be diminished by not battling. ‘Billions’: Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Money, Power and American Gods 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

However, if you take too many flower stalks, or take them when the plant is too young, you will weaken it and diminish its future vigor. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Musicians say the Grammy cuts will harm their careers financially and diminish the profile of music enjoyed by minority communities. Axed musicians to protest outside Grammy Awards show 2012-02-08T19:14:18Z

But that plan fell apart, as a long writers strike in 2007 and then the 2008 financial crisis diminished fund-raising prospects. Film Institution May Inhabit Part of Los Angeles Art Museum 2011-10-05T22:18:50Z

“It would be a tragedy for that message to be even slightly diminished by partisan politics.” Holocaust Museum Faces Criticism After Pulling Syria Study 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Although having too little free time isn’t healthy, having too much also diminishes well-being. Why having too much free time can be as bad for you as having too little 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

Barbara Flicker said that soon after the pilot, Mr. Arnold took control of the show and sought to diminish Mr. Flicker’s role. Theodore J. Flicker, Sitcom Creator, Dies at 84 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

"This won't diminish interest in the game to any degree," Michaels said. Super Bowl wasn't always the audience magnet it is now 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

With no garden, I felt small, diminished, vacuuming up the dust made by my own decay rather than watching things grow and bloom. I was happy living alone in my studio flat. But the long, dark solitude of lockdown changed everything 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Below, the arcing rows of a Roman theater descended in diminishing semicircles to the disc of the stage. Herod the Great’s Israel 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

So, in that sense, working at home diminishes not only the home itself but to some extent the public world. The Clean Queen Talks Quarantine 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

There is no sideshow atmosphere, no distractions that somehow become the main event, as they do in New York, and diminish the real brand: American fashion. On the Runway Blog: Europe’s Lesson For New York 2013-09-06T23:30:35Z

The city seems determined to constrain the car and, ultimately, to diminish its power. Last Chance: ?Cars, Culture, and the City? at Museum of the City of New York 2010-07-19T22:03:00Z

If the photographs and articles drew ire from certain guardians of opinion, they didn’t necessarily diminish the women’s status within the counterculture. Groupies, From Sex Symbols to Style Icons 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

“Nothing diminishes or enhances the value of the work except the work itself and that’s what we put on screen,” she said. Get Out wins big at Film Independent Spirit awards on eve of Oscars 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z

“Knowledge diminishes fear,” Hallman tells me afterward, explaining a subtler purpose for these classes, beyond the practical tips. One year after the San Bernadino attack, learning to survive is a routine part of life 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

What’s more, he does so without at all weakening or diminishing the drama; rather, the movie’s investigative elements intensify its emotional power, by reflecting them through its characters’ voices and consciousness. The Politics of Memory in Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

The government sued to stop the deal on antitrust grounds, saying it would diminish competition among the biggest houses and push down advances for some authors. A Trial Put Publishing’s Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn? 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

This die-off has created more communities than ever before with no daily newspaper — known as news deserts — and still more counties haunted by “ghost newspapers,” publications struggling to survive with diminished staff and readership. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

The rain did nothing to diminish the experience. 10 great botanical gardens around the world: readers’ tips 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

But black viewers have gone missing when the core African-American presence was diminished, as it is this year. For Oscars Telecast, Few Black Nominees Mean Fewer Black Viewers 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

His proposed new trilogy, free from the diminishing returns of the Skywalker family narrative, is a tantalising prospect. How can Star Wars get back on track after Solo's disappointing debut? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Her control over this un-merry band of idiots is finally slipping, partly because of her reduced circumstances but also because rule by venomous abuse may ultimately have diminishing returns. The New Season of “Veep” Was Not Supposed to Be About Donald Trump 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Riding in the back also diminishes his opportunity to observe you driving the car - something that may be important in a few years when he starts driving himself. Motherlode Blog: A Surprising Debate: The Front Seat 2012-07-12T21:17:56Z

Elsewhere, the combination of malignance and desiccated vaudeville reaps big, but diminishing, returns. Neil Hamburger 2010-08-20T14:32:00Z

The success of “Handlebars” did not diminish the importance of that side of the band’s life, says Laurie. Exclusive First Listen: New Flobots Single “Sides” 2012-08-13T12:00:15Z

But throughout “The Pinkprint,” she continues to put most of her eggs in the pop basket, with diminishing returns. What we talk about when we talk about Nicki Minaj, ‘The Pinkprint’ and pop music as conversation fuel 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

In London and elsewhere on the continent, relatively extensive, cheap, and efficient public transport systems also help diminish some of the harms of segregation. Can cities desegregate? 2012-05-28T15:00:00Z

But like Britain, CNN is a diminished empire that on special occasions still commands respect and attention. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z