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
If barred owls’ expansion is left unchecked, some experts believe they’ll go on to decimate California spotted owls — which inhabit California’s central and southern mature forests.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025
Why didn’t Native American diseases instead decimate the Spanish invaders, spread back to Europe, and wipe out 95 percent of Europe’s population?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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