decimate

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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

Critics of the plans say the changes will decimate the Samaritans' work in local communities and have accused the charity's leadership of repeatedly ignoring requests to provide the rationale for the plans.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

“Exempting a broad swath of development with no consideration of habitat for imperiled species will decimate the state’s natural heritage and unique biodiversity,” said Frances Tinney, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

Where authorities disagree, I’ve tried to weigh the best evidence and make decisions that reflect what thoughtful, literate people consider good English. decimate.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner