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comparative more diminished, superlative most diminished
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Another well-known express to disappear on the same date was the Blue Comet of the Central of New Jersey, an all-coach luxury express which operated between New York and Atlantic City; in this case the reason is diminished patronage.
1942 May-June, “Notes and News: War and the American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 184
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