11.   A surging equity market and concern that tax reform could diminish the value of municipal bonds prompted many investors to reduce their holding of tax-exempt debt last year.

12.   A weak dollar diminishes the value of earnings made in the U.S. when those profits are brought home and translated into local currency.

13.   A weaker dollar makes it harder for foreign investors to hold onto Treasury securities, since a falling dollar diminishes their value.

14.   After that, overgrowth and degradation occur, which diminish nutritional value.

15.   All of that may diminish the value of the draft pick New England gets.

16.   But that encouraged a patchwork of smaller cuts that divided the forest into fragments, Hagan said, diminishing its value to wildlife.

17.   But that value is diminished by his tendency to be a divisive force even within his own party.

18.   --Compensate private property owners if the value of their property is diminished by environmental restrictions on how it may be developed or used.

19.   Conversely, would there be a strong enough market for so many air rights, or would the size of the pool diminish their value?