IMPOVERISHES Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

impoverishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of impoverish

as in beggars

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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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The anti-immigrant movement reduces kids to constitutional hypotheticals and demographic statistics.

— Hannah Harshe, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026
That gives Jaylen Warren a favorable matchup and reduces the need for Aaron Rodgers to force throws downfield.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of reduces

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George Santos simply cannot get up After surprising the DS by passing the first task — falling out of a hovering helicopter backward — Santos ruins his big moment by struggling to swim to the dock and not being able to lift himself out of the water.

— Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
Nothing ruins an outfit faster than an ill-fitting bra, which is why this V-neck option caught our eye.

— Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruins

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That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of occupying both sides with large cooling vents, air enters toward the front of the station and exhausts through the rear.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausts

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All are standing aside while Stephen Miller squanders whatever standing the Republican Party had left with veterans, frontline civilians and military families.

— Shawn VanDiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026

Definition of squanders

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As for battery life, the MacBook Air wins most of the face-offs here, but loses to some key rivals, namely the HP Googlebook 14, by a fair margin.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
BetMGM is offering new users a promo code of FOXNEWS, which gives them up to $1,500 in bonuses if their first bet loses.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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