depresses

present tense third-person singular of depress
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as in lowers
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of depresses The knob twists and depresses like a button (with programmable options for both a short and long press). Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, something might occur at work that depresses you. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 June 2026 The risk is that China inspires its trading partners to resort to a protectionism that depresses prosperity for everyone. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 Whichever one depresses you less. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 Modified in this way, the gun will continue firing as long as the shooter depresses the trigger and the gun has ammunition. Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026 Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian, who was released from Evin just 11 days before the air assault began, told NPR the bombing depresses him. Karl Vick, Time, 13 Mar. 2026 Usually a warm El Nino spikes temperatures and its cool La Nina flip side depresses temperatures. Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026 Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depresses
Verb
  • However, that really saddens me now.
    Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Being stuck in the middle is what saddens the Others.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Fed typically raises its benchmark for interest rates across the country to help tame inflation and lowers it to stimulate the job market.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Maintenance lowers the risk, but a protection plan is designed to help with the costs when something unexpected happens.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Where appropriate, allowing patients to schedule routine appointments also reduces unnecessary back-and-forth with the practice.
    Ajay Prasad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than mine the archive wholesale, Icons reduces recognizable Borgo signatures to their foundations, preserving the rigor while shifting their expression.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As Russia’s ground offensive stalls, European officials warn the air war is growing more ruthless while Ukraine hits Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port and India’s leader presses publicly for an end to fighting.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • His removal from the roster doesn’t make Miami better today, but presses the fast-forward button on the franchise’s future.
    Omar Kelly August 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • It is governed by a brutal regime that oppresses its people and is an enemy to the United States.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • His policies have been instrumental in dismantling the criminal enterprise that oppresses the Venezuelan people.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The state’s order throws into question how these contracts will now be executed.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Mensah looked as good as the numbers suggested, too, ripping NFL-level throws and distributing the ball to his myriad playmakers, namely wide receiver Malachi Toney.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The video shows Ron Thompson appear to swing at Thompson, and Stephanie Daniels shoves her.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026
  • Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The aspect of the painting that troubles me most, though, is the sleeve of Amélie’s dress.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This moment troubles me not only as a historian, but also as a longtime mentor for college-age student-athletes.
    Emily Harrison, STAT, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Depresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depresses. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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