depletions

plural of depletion

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Recent Examples of depletions 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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Noun
  • Too Early As temperatures drop and daylight decreases, grass slows its above-ground growth (the roots continue to grow vigorously in the lingering warm soil).
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Phia also reported 500,000 people now use its app and browser extension, which launched in April, to calculate items' resale value, condense product details and track price decreases for billions of fashion pieces, including millions of secondhand items.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Union attorneys argue the OMB overstepped its legal authority, asserting that federal law does not permit reductions in force during a lapse in appropriations.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Grand Pioneer is projected to achieve annual fuel and emissions reductions of between 10 and 12 percent on average.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Markets with the biggest influx of new apartments tended to post the largest price declines, according to Chen.
    David McMillin, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, Tesla’s core EV business has faced headwinds in 2025, including large market-cap declines and profitability pressure that have sharpened scrutiny of whether Optimus can deliver commercial returns at scale.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Without proper padding and protection, your device risks scratches, dents, or worse, internal damage.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Relief and health workers say these other methods of delivering food in Gaza, including the GHF sites and aid pallet drops from planes, are dehumanizing and inaccessible for many Palestinians, and expose them to injury or death.
    Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Among wide receivers with at least 60 routes run, Diggs ranks first in the NFL in receptions per target, nabbing 87 percent of the balls thrown his way without any drops.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Depletions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depletions. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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