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as in consumes
to make complete use of
miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months
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as in reduces
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels
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Recent Examples of depletes
What if a prolonged market downturn depletes your retirement savings?
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Angela Cullen, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Russia also hopes the war pulls attention away from Ukraine and depletes Western arsenals.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 8 Mar. 2026
His exit further depletes resources in the specialty.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
That depletes your carb stores prematurely, leaving you unable to accelerate and more likely to bonk.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 5 Mar. 2026
The standard American diet, enriched with ultraprocessed foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt and low in nutrients and fiber, depletes microbiome diversity within days.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026
Mexican long-nosed bats are migrating farther north than ever, expanding into Arizona and New Mexico as drought depletes agave supplies in their traditional habitat.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
When estrogen depletes, your body literally dries out.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2026
Neglecting to flush orchid salts can result in a crusty residue on the medium, which damages roots and depletes water.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
Angela Cullen, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Russia also hopes the war pulls attention away from Ukraine and depletes Western arsenals.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 8 Mar. 2026
His exit further depletes resources in the specialty.
—Rachana Pradhan, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
That depletes your carb stores prematurely, leaving you unable to accelerate and more likely to bonk.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 5 Mar. 2026
The standard American diet, enriched with ultraprocessed foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt and low in nutrients and fiber, depletes microbiome diversity within days.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2026
Mexican long-nosed bats are migrating farther north than ever, expanding into Arizona and New Mexico as drought depletes agave supplies in their traditional habitat.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
When estrogen depletes, your body literally dries out.
—Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2026
Neglecting to flush orchid salts can result in a crusty residue on the medium, which damages roots and depletes water.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depletes
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The average American consumes more than 200 pounds of meat annually, and that amount is growing.—
Andrew Zaleski,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
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The increases hit Egypt hard given that its population of over 108 million people consumes $20 billion of oil products annually, including fuel used to operate power plants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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By banning advertising by legal operators during live sporting events and sharply limiting promotions, the proposal drastically reduces the visibility of the regulated market.—
Cláudia Nunes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Technologies such as Revo-Su, which significantly reduces water consumption, and B210, which enables biodegradability in stretch fabrics, are direct outcomes of this focus.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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What Sacks doesn’t get is that by financing and diplomatically supporting Israel, our country makes the crimes of the Israeli government possible, which stains America’s reputation in the world and drains our Treasury.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Years of use as a makeshift neighborhood have degraded the forest and contributed to pollution in Coyote Creek, which drains into San Francisco Bay, city leaders say.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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This slightly decreases the total mass of objects in interplanetary space — the material and space between planets — while slightly increasing the masses of the planets themselves.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Marty is self-absorbed, forgetful, doesn’t much like people and spends hours online looking for advice about how to be a handyman.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first two will be built in Finland while the company spends between $700 million to $1 billion to renovate the shipyards in the ports of Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Ned Bair, a research associate at the Earth Research Institute at UC Santa Barbara, said that while the total number of avalanches may decrease over time as the overall snowpack diminishes, the ones that do occur could become more intense due to climate change.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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As the oil blockade quickly exhausts Cuba’s supply of fuel, triggering a series of lengthy, island-wide blackouts, many here are exhausted and are becoming increasingly vocal about their desire for fundamental changes in Cuba.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Board member Nicole Gribstad also urged the committee to include an option that delays such a decision and exhausts all other financial alternatives before closing schools.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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But the darker open ocean absorbs those rays, raising temperatures and driving further ice melt.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Then there’s density (how many strands per square inch) and porosity (how readily hair absorbs moisture).—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Depletes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depletes. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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