There is a gradual diminution with age in the power of some spinal reflexes, for example the knee-jerk reflex. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
But that diminution is contained within the House of Representatives itself whose members all suffer equally. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: March 2007 Archives] Reference
I had thought it was just either some short-term diminution in frequency that might be over soon, or a case of the recency illusion. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Illustrissimus unto diminution is to find a positive in a superlative, and in the most orient light to seek for darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Marvell]
Mr. Garin had only joined the Clinton campaign in recent days in what other advisers privately described as a diminution of power for Mr. Penn. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Aide] Reference
Pollster Geoff Garin joined the Clinton campaign late in March, in what other advisers privately described as a diminution of power for Mr. Penn. From Wordnik.com. [Meet the Queenmakers] Reference
And the other one is, will there be any kind of diminution of service. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2009] Reference
WHITFIELD: Yes, Rob, because the Washington, D.C., area have not dealt with the kind of diminution of property values like everyone else. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2009] Reference
It also pleases me that people are paying so much attention now to political biography because there's been a kind of diminution of interest in this. From Wordnik.com. [Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and his Times 1908-1960] Reference
The periventircular WMLs seem to correlative with frontal lobe dysfunction such as diminution in executive function and also with abnormalities of gait. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Mbeki had cited fears about the "diminution" of Afrikaans as an issue that the ruling African National Congress should address in leading the country's social transformation. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The same may be said of diminution which is only humorous when connecting distant ideas. From Wordnik.com. [History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)] Reference
And this point always coincides with the point of diminution which is the extreme of all we can see. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
"diminution" of Afrikaans as an issue that the ruling African. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Madame's husband instantly showed a diminution of aggressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
The diminution of the duck's wing is not great even in the birds that. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
You're going to see a diminution of any protection for workers or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
It is clearly the premier news magazine on the air -- and critics see little diminution. From Wordnik.com. [Just Talk Into The Curtains] Reference
It is believed that sleep is caused by a diminution in the supply of blood to the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Better nutrition during both epidemics caused a noted diminution in cases and in deaths. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
The last thing the already shaky women's pro-sports empire needs is any diminution in its perceived value. From Wordnik.com. [Women's Sports: Beyond A League Of Their Own] Reference
The governors of this world need not at all fear a disturbance from her, or a diminution of aught they have. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
It is no diminution of its chance of progress, that it is in the very last degree void of even the shadow of foundation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
The result for the pueblos of the great revolt in New Mexico was a gradual diminution in the numbers of their inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I] Reference
The website EU Reporter reveals that when members discussed a diminution of his power the meeting degenerated into a shouting match. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
At the same time the better safe-guarding of the general health of the community will insure a proportionate diminution of deafness. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
That evening the physicians reported a diminution of the disease in the course of the day, and the man marked for death out of danger. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
There is no denying, or hiding from Europe's publics, the fact that the derogation of national parliaments is a diminution of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [European Fudging] Reference
Not surprisingly, the military establishment can be counted on to marshal every possible argument against any diminution of its long-held prerogatives. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Fickle Ally] Reference
The primary allegations in the litigation relate to the fund's holdings of Lehman Brothers 'securities and their subsequent diminution in value, it says. From Wordnik.com. [Payout to Investors in Reserve Yield Plus Fund Is Put on Hold] Reference
IT HAD SEEMED THAT THE NEGLIGIBLE NATURE OF BILL Clinton's first term would protect him from the diminution of stature that presidents often suffer in second terms. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Own Pain] Reference
Another landlord benefit is that if the tenant's income decreases, the amount of rent subsidized can increase so that the landlord does not suffer any diminution in rent. From Wordnik.com. [House lawyer: For thousands of responsible tenants, consult local agencies] Reference
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