impoverishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of impoverish
1
as in beggars

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as in depletes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverishes
  1. bankrupts
  2. depletes
  3. reduces
  4. consumes
  5. ruins
  6. exhausts
  7. squanders
  8. loses
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  • The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of bankrupts
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  • Expertise is a stock of answers, and a stock depletes the moment the questions change.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Not like brushing shoulders with Lil Baby and Lil Yachty is a musical death sentence (Veeze is still tearing it up), but for a rapper who specialized in free-flowing street sermons, that slight touch of formalism and structure depletes the vibe.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Definition of depletes
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  • The airborne method also reduces long scheduling times at specialized facilities by finishing tests in one flight.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
  • According to the Texas Department of Transportation, wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of dying in a car crash by 45 percent in passenger cars and 60 percent in pickup trucks.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026
Definition of reduces
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  • And the human brain only consumes about 20 watts of energy doing that.
    — Jackie Snow, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • Every prompt, response, and autonomous agent interaction consumes tokens, and as AI systems become more sophisticated, usage can scale from thousands to millions—or even trillions—of tokens.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of consumes
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  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
  • Hikers walk ancient stone pathways built by the Inca through cloud forests, mountain passes, and Inca ruins.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Definition of ruins
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  • That’s because even ordinary winds – and far worse, storms and earthquakes – cause tall buildings to sway, which ruins people’s concentration, wrecks their mood, and even exhausts them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2026
  • Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
Definition of exhausts
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  • Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • Trapping individuals in endless cycles of exclusion and financial hardship squanders potential, reduces tax revenue and widens disparities.
    — Brian Fabes, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of squanders
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  • As the family loses another beloved member, The Sopranos alums are grieving the death of Vincent Pastore.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
  • All the structure and discipline in the world won’t spare him from criticism if Michigan loses four games this year, which is a distinct possibility with a schedule that includes Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana and Oklahoma.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of loses
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