Its loss would substantially diminish the quality of life for us all.

The daughter is now the No. 1 asset of the business, he said, and without her its value could be substantially diminished.

In more than 90 percent of the cases, pain is substantially diminished and some function restored.

During the last year, however, public support for the far-right has diminished substantially.

They both used to be quite good, but the range of books they offer has diminished substantially.

Today its importance has been bypassed, and the population was diminished substantially.

After this point, de Bicknor's role in national politics diminished substantially.

These voters are looking at substantially diminished college funds and retirement savings.

The barriers to the Japanese market have been "substantially diminished in the past 26 months," she observed recently.

"It's a form of informal learning, and that, I think, has diminished substantially," he said.