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drawing down

verb

present participle of draw down
as in spending
to make complete use of I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition

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Recent Examples of drawing down Some have also had to tap their 401(k) plans to cope with financial shocks, like a 61-year-old who is currently drawing down her $100,000 retirement fund after losing her job in December. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 On the other side of the equation, the United States has released 400 million barrels of emergency oil, vastly drawing down its stockpiles in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 In addition to ramping up its production since leaving OPEC+, Kpler senior oil analyst Johannes Raubal said the UAE has also been drawing down crude inventories, further enhancing export volumes. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Yet since Ratcliffe’s arrival, United have been noticeably more creative with their debt management, regularly drawing down and repaying portions of their RCF to meet short-term spending needs. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 June 2026 The plan heavily relies on drawing down county cash reserves and assumes the recovery of millions in vehicle licensing revenues that the county says are currently being held hostage by the state. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 The current equilibrium is being maintained by drawing down resources that cannot be replenished quickly. — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Oil inventories are rapidly drawing down, particularly for products like gasoline and jet fuel, due to the supply loss from the Middle East, the CEO said. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 May 2026 Since the start of the war, the United States has exported over 280 million barrels over nine weeks, drawing down the country's strategic petroleum reserves in the process. — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawing down
  1. spending
  2. exhausting
  3. draining
  4. consuming
  5. playing out
  6. using up
  7. reducing
  8. burning
Verb
  • Recording a good voiceover can mean finding a narrator, booking studio time, or spending hours trying to get a usable take yourself.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Campaign The two candidates are spending millions of dollars to get elected, and the money is apparent with the high frequency of television commercials, sometimes as often as four times per hour on one station.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of spending
Verb
  • Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The dispute has become even more complicated because some members of the 2022 class pursued professional opportunities after exhausting their eligibility under the previous system.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausting
Verb
  • Every night before dinner, my father would perform this ritual—rinsing and draining, then setting the pot in the cooker.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, many expensive features can turn into money pits, draining your budget without adding any resale appeal.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of draining
Verb
  • The manufacturer of NarcX+ states that medications become irretrievable in less than two hours, and consuming any of the NarcX+ liquid will cause vomiting.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Minhaj’s wife danced competitively, and Venkataramanujam performed with an a cappella team called Chai Town, giving him firsthand knowledge of how consuming the competition circuit can become.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of consuming
Verb
  • Window closing to find survivors These are the kinds of scenes playing out across La Guaira state, with people milling around in the streets after being left homeless, uncertain of what to do next.
    — Fernando Narro Roman, NPR, 28 June 2026
  • These same dynamics are now playing out in litigation over social media and youth mental health.
    — Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026
Definition of playing out
Verb
  • Flight controllers managed to slow the tumble and stabilize the spacecraft, using up precious fuel.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • If moisture is needed to get things moving in the machine, add the kee lo by the 1 tablespoon, using up to ¼ cup total for a single batch.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of using up
Verb
  • Shower filters are better at reducing substances like chlorine, sediment and certain metals.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Fed’s goal is to slow consumer and business spending by raising the cost of borrowing, thereby reducing demand for homes, cars and other goods and services, eventually cooling the economy and reducing upward pressure on prices.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of reducing
Verb
  • In a small town, several dead people are brought back to life through a strange ritual involving burning duck manure.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations, largely from burning fossil fuels, have pushed global temperatures so high that sea levels are rising, and shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost are leaving mountainsides less stable.
    — Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of burning

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“Drawing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawing%20down. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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