Shipbuilding still exists although its importance to the local economy has diminished.

Not that that diminishes the importance of what she has done.

The school's importance diminished and fell into a state of disrepair.

However, the importance of the lead actress has diminished.

But the importance of their remaining in power has also diminished.

Later still, the importance of the creators had diminished to such a degree that it saw them as unnecessary.

In the early 1800s, the importance of the city diminished, and Nancy took its place.

As a result, the relative importance of the city diminished.

By the 1860s the gold started to run out and the town's population and importance diminished.

"The importance of a view has diminished to the vanishing point," she said.