deplete

Example Sentences

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The concern is that these could deplete Oracle’s free cash flow and saddle the company with debt.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

If constrained flows persist long enough to deplete buffers—potentially beyond about six weeks—manufacturers could face tighter allocations and higher procurement costs, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

However, recent warmer temperatures this winter and extreme wind events have beaten down the wildflowers and signaled that summer is approaching, which can deplete the bloom, according to Fraga.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Dr Graham, who also runs NHS clinics, said people could become "nutritionally deplete" if they use the drug without qualifying for it because they would not be sustaining their nutritional needs naturally.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Or possibly the non-emigrant imagined that the tent of dust would deplete itself finally.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick