DEPLETIONS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

depletions

noun

plural of depletion

as in decreases

the amount by which something is lessened the kind of catastrophic illness that can make a sizable depletion in a family's savings

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Recent Examples of depletions There were explosions, implosions, expansions and ozone depletions. —

Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025 But over exploitation often followed, leading to depletions and extinctions. —

Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 Still, a closer look at depletions, the best real-time indicator of market conditions, tells a more nuanced story. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 The settlements call for reducing groundwater depletions to a rate of 18,200 acre-feet per year. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 The causes of both events had been long debated, however one hypothesis has linked them to depletions in the Earth's protective ozone layer, such as might be caused by a supernova going off in local space. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 Corona Extra depletions were down 3% in the quarter. —

Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024

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At the elementary level, the largest decreases came in the time devoted to social studies, which within a few years dropped by a third, or 76 minutes each week.

— Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
The devices detected increases in brain waves linked to relaxation and focus – theta, theta-alpha, alpha and beta-1 brain waves – while measuring decreases in delta and gamma-1 brain waves, which suggest less drowsiness and less mind-wandering.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 June 2026