Sentence examples for diminished debate from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the diminished debate syndrome mirrors the irony-suffused sensibility of many millennial-era students.

As The Times's Michiko Kakutani noted, the diminished debate syndrome at schools "suggests a closing off of the possibilities of growth and transformation".

"His presence in this race continues to diminish the debate, and it's time for his presence in this race to end".

But her simplistic rhetoric, and the anti-European Thatcher myth fostered since she lost power, have framed, and diminished, the European debate in Britain ever since.

Yet the longer view points to a more fundamental question: why have debates diminished as major television events?

Several interviewees proposed that the value of economic studies and scientific reports supporting smoking bans is diminished in political debates when countered by anecdotal economic and job loss arguments.

His response in the debate severely diminished that respect.

But, absurdly, their impact is diminished because post-war debate among the political and media classes didn't raise the demand that both the Prime Minister and the security services explain why they jointly said that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons.

And privately, some Democrats said today that they believed that the Republicans' ability to bargain over the debates was diminished by Mr. Bush's abortive plan.

In a dig at the president, Mr. Romney said the debates "had diminished the Obama campaign," which he said had resorted to invoking "Sesame Street" characters, like Big Bird, and playing "word games".

The problem is not only that such legal maneuvers routinely fail; it's also that they do a disservice to religious freedom and diminish meaningful public debate.