decimate
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He also called concerns that AI will decimate jobs worldwide "complete nonsense".
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Investors have also been piling into bond markets on fears that AI advances will decimate the job market, while hotter-than-expected producer prices have clouded hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
The departures could decimate an office already struggling to deal with the surge in immigration enforcement, said B. Todd Jones, a former U.S. attorney for Minnesota.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
At worst, biomass projects can decimate forests and release their stored carbon into the atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
Instinctively colluding in the conspiracy of their fiction, taking care not to decimate it with adult carelessness.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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