1
as in reducing
to diminish the price or value of
a faded finish will really depreciate your car when you decide to trade it in
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as in dismissing
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
dared to depreciate Shakespeare, saying his works have no relevance for modern audiences
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Recent Examples of depreciating
Across the global south currencies are depreciating, inflation has spiked, and unemployment is rising.
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Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The results of the draft lottery will matter enormously, of course, as does finding creative ways to shed some of the club’s exorbitant commitments to depreciating veteran assets while accumulating meaningful futures.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta are depreciating their GPUs and other hardware over roughly five or six years on their income statements.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
The mistake was dragging it out for years, stubbornly clutching a depreciating asset while better offers came and went.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
That’s hoovering up free cash flows and loading the companies with depreciating assets, radically altering many of the characteristics that have helped fuel the firms’ rise over the past decade.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Iran's theocracy faces a growing squeeze from the country's rapidly depreciating rial currency and economic sanctions imposed due to Tehran's nuclear program.
—Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
The underlying collateral for a car loan is the vehicle, which is a depreciating asset, Kates said.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Those hyperscalers are depreciating their capex over six, seven, eight years.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Fatma Tanis, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
The results of the draft lottery will matter enormously, of course, as does finding creative ways to shed some of the club’s exorbitant commitments to depreciating veteran assets while accumulating meaningful futures.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta are depreciating their GPUs and other hardware over roughly five or six years on their income statements.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
The mistake was dragging it out for years, stubbornly clutching a depreciating asset while better offers came and went.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
That’s hoovering up free cash flows and loading the companies with depreciating assets, radically altering many of the characteristics that have helped fuel the firms’ rise over the past decade.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Iran's theocracy faces a growing squeeze from the country's rapidly depreciating rial currency and economic sanctions imposed due to Tehran's nuclear program.
—Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025
The underlying collateral for a car loan is the vehicle, which is a depreciating asset, Kates said.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Those hyperscalers are depreciating their capex over six, seven, eight years.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depreciating
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MacRumors thinks this could end up reducing the thickness of the iPhone’s display stack while improving brightness and minimizing power use.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Airhart ethos is focused on reducing the cognitive drain on the pilot.—
David Szondy
April 25,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2026
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Federal lawyers said judges made mistakes in dismissing the cases by arguing the Civil Rights Act granted the attorney general access to local voting records.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Quit dismissing them as uneducated.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Fans’ attachment is largely to the kids, who aren’t kids anymore, and ’80s nostalgia, which is a diminishing resource.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Apr. 2026
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The densest areas fragment first, diminishing further in size.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Apr. 2026
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The southern site also would not require the creation of a new quarry for dam materials, minimizing environmental impacts.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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By spacing screenings to every two years, the ACP argues the tradeoff between early detection and minimizing those harms shifts in most women’s favor.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The main allure of Premium Bonds is the chance to win up to £1 million, but even discounting the maximum, many of those with money in accounts will never win anything.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Mets have deals with deferred money with just three players and their total would be $360 million without discounting.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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His Instagram reels often show him criticizing the LGBTQ+ community.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Senator Lisa Murkowski, that Republican of Alaska, who's one of the more notable folks up here on the Hill on the GOP side about criticizing the war in Iran, has floated in conversations with reporters in the hallway here the possibility of drawing up an AUMF and putting it up for a vote.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Depreciating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depreciating. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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