While managing our vegetable plot, we quickly learned the law of diminishing returns: beyond a certain point, adding extra fertilizer and effort yielded ever-smaller increases in harvest.

The algorithm failed to recognize the diminished radix complements during the conversion, causing incorrect negative number representations.

Economists often cite the laws of diminishing marginal utility when explaining why consumers diversify their purchases.

In her composition class, she analyzed the function of half-diminished seventh chords in minor key progressions.

When composing the bridge, she resolved the suspension to a half-diminished seventh chord before moving to the tonic.

When the family kept buying slices of cake, the law of diminishing marginal utility made each additional slice less satisfying.