depleted
Example Sentences
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“Meanwhile, working people pay the price in higher rents, depleted services, and a city that has stopped working for them.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance trust fund is now expected to be depleted in 2032, earlier than last year’s forecast of 2033.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Importers will need to rebuild depleted crude-oil reserves and stockpile more naphtha, jet fuel and other oil-derived products to prepare for another shock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Toxicity can develop, readily available carbon sources become depleted, and the increase in soil respiration eventually levels off before declining.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
When the train pulled out of Hangzhou the next day, the Hsus found themselves depleted of some nine thousand dollars’ worth of goodwill.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Vocabulary lists containing depleted
Zilch, Zip, Nada: Words For Nothing
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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President Trump's Second State of the Union Address (2019)
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