Sentences with phrase «diminishing returns these days»

But we're knee deep in diminishing returns these days, and some makers are using out - of - the - box thinking to draw our eye.

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While U.S. shale production is indeed rising and affecting investor sentiment, King says the «law of diminishing returns» will rule the day as the number of prospects that work at today's prices declines.

A combination of a lost decade and having to sell equities at low prices in order to live can diminish your portfolio — to the point where it won't recover even when the salad days return.

Just will not accept, will you Ken, that the old days lovers who think they will return under Wenger, are rapidly diminishing!

Perhaps he really was a dinosaur from the 1990s, with his previous powers of influence and innovation lost to the law of diminishing returns, age, history and a game that had changed in many radical ways since the days when the Dutchman was hailed as the father of modern football.

Finally at 3 months I decided to call it a day and quit the domperidone and pumping; it was just diminishing returns at that point.

Of course, we have to assume some level of diminishing marginal returns when this kind of insane volume is concerned, but I've also been told by fundraisers that if individual messages perform less well on a high - traffic day, they'll just send more of them.

Consumer tip - of - the - day: increasing efficiency of fuel economy on a miles - per - gallon scale is not linear, as more miles - per - gallon (mpg) are initially better for your wallet and the planet than you might expect, and eventually trail off with diminishing returns.

But there is a point of diminishing returns to these benefits and research is piling up that continuing that cardio session too long — beyond 60 minutes per day can cause more harm than good.

Commercially, Patriots Day contributed to the diminishing returns that Berg - Wahlberg collaborations have been experiencing.

Good news for the ever - diminishing cult of Sandler, the rest of western civilization should cringe at Jack Nicholson returning to his Corman days by reciting a series of dick and fart jokes while banking to a dangerous degree on his lupine grin.

The report calculates that 15 minutes of engaged reading time per day is «the sweet spot» for reading growth, after which students still benefit, but there are diminishing returns.

Countdown Deals are Amazon's answer to the diminishing returns of free days — a problem of Amazon's making, since they have reduced the impact free downloads have on a book's ranking.

Complacency rules the day as investors and institutions gradually add more risk, using leverage and increasingly exotic vehicles to reach for diminishing returns in an aging bull market.

Returning unwanted gifts, preparing and eating festive meals, writing thank - you notes, contacting far - away loved ones, and un-decorating the house all take up time after Christmas Day, but the puppy's needs won't diminish.

I'd played Finest Hour on PS2 but Modern Warfare sucked me into the series like no shooter has before or since, particularly in terms of the online multiplayer; it's just a shame that the diminishing returns of the later entries in the franchise and the concerted shift from the formula of the modern day shooter grounded in realism to the hyper - kinetic, futuristic Michael Bay-esque blockbuster failed, in my personal opinion, to effectively recapture the magic of the first Modern Warfare title.

Returns had diminished a bit by the time this one was released in 1991 — only sports games can survive annualized sequels — but between its intense action, the advanced - for - its - day storytelling, and the lovably absurd plot, there's a lot of mileage left in this ancient ship.

My initial guess is that the 7u / 10u / 15u process repeats itself under a law of diminishing returns until day arrives.

The law of diminishing returns is making itself apparent in many areas of smartphone development these days, and it appears that numerous companies are opting to invest their imaging resources toward creating new experiences rather than finessing and refining existing ones.