Sentence examples for worked to diminish from inspiring English sources

They automated, outsourced and worked to diminish the power of unions.

The State Department worked to diminish trade barriers to the benefit of seed companies, and encouraged the embassies to "publicize the benefits of agbiotech as a development tool".

And his campaign worked to diminish expectations in the day or two before the voting — a practice that can annoy voters who are undecided in the race if they feel as if they are being told their vote doesn't matter.

But Mr. O'Farrill's association with Latin jazz itself may have also worked to diminish his stature, some jazz producers say, because even today, Latin jazz is looked down on as a subgenre.

Though crocodile tears may be shed all around, the extent of disappointment needs to be calibrated: Pascal Lamy, the head of the World Trade Organization, had long worked to diminish expectations, so much so that it was clear that whatever emerged would bring, at most, limited benefits to poor countries.

But I thought it gave the ceremony a satirical edge to have the lawless Vice presiding over lawmakers swearing to support and defend the Constitution that he soiled and defiled — right in the heart of the legislative branch he worked to diminish.

Even Hofmann's language works to diminish women, erasing their very subjectivity.

It is another thing to have someone ruthlessly working to diminish the gravity and validity of this suffering.

She also said she intended to work to diminish the acrimony that underlay the five rounds of voting that led to her election.

Forget about choreography that stretches dancers; couldn't they at least find choreography that doesn't actively work to diminish them?

Hughes and his husband, Sean Eldridge, have decided not to give money to any Super PACs, and to match any donations they make to candidates with donations to groups working to diminish the role of money in politics.