devitalizing

present participle of devitalize
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for devitalizing
Verb
  • Conversely, tax noncompliance could be the death knell undermining an otherwise strong application.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Layered onto all of this is a political system in which priorities flip every few years, undermining the long-term planning and financing that such megaprojects demand.
    Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bowls have wavy, scalloped edges that give it an artisanal look as well as holds and cutouts for draining any lingering water.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Use fertile, moist, slightly acidic soil that’s well-draining, and amend it with compost or other organic matter.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The economic environment remains foggy, with uncertainty around tariffs and a labor market that, while softening in some areas, remains remarkably resilient in others.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This stands in sharp contrast to struggling sectors like multifamily, which are contending with softening rents and oversupply in formerly high-growth markets.
    Andrew DeNardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For more than a century, the region has been caught in a thrilling but exhausting economic romance.
    Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To avoid wasting time and money, leaders need a simple rule.
    Rishit Lakhani, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But slow oxygen chemistry has remained a stubborn bottleneck, wasting energy and shortening battery life.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Looming over all of it has been the sad, enervating situation with Alexander Isak, forever enshrined as a club legend by dint of Wembley last season but now beyond the point of tarnishing that legacy.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Horror of this scale has the effect of deadening words, making stories of the most unimaginable violence land with a dull thud.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The tires also contain a sound-deadening foam that contributes to the Optiq’s quiet cabin.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Devitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devitalizing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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