Consolidation may effectively diminish the number of channels that people have at their disposal to express or receive opinions. (religion-online.org)
To avoid unemployed Shepherds, and thus diminishing numbers, his intent was to produce a breed that would be able to be a helper in every walk of life. (soonervet.net)
As a community, we need to diminish the number of homeless animals in our area. (fotasaiken.org)