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The amount actually recovered in cases like this often falls well short of the amount embezzled - especially if the money has been spent on consumables, holidays, and luxury goods that depreciate.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The cost of maintaining military superiority is rising as technological innovation accelerates, even as traditional military capital like tanks, ships, and aircraft become more vulnerable and depreciate faster.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Electric vehicles depreciate in value faster than traditional cars, meaning buyers can get a good deal on a used EV that hasn’t been on the road for long.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

And they buy their baby stuff secondhand, as these goods depreciate faster than clothing, cars and electronics, they note.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026

An increase in the stock of money does not necessarily depreciate the rate of interest.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

Remolona pointed to prior episodes where the peso depreciates sharply just as oil prices surged, fueling inflation and prompting the BSP to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

As the car gets older, its value depreciates — leading to borrowers paying more than the market value of their vehicle.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

If the rupee depreciates, fuel costs more, with knock-on effects for goods that are transported or manufactured.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

But the strategy has shown cracks since November, sources have told Reuters, with prices rising quickly as the country's bolivar currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar.

From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2023

I was obliged to digest the supercilious Menzel, who presumed modestly to depreciate Goethe,—and the supercilious Grabbe, who modestly depreciates Shakspeare,—and the philosophers who proclaim Schiller to be rather trivial!

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Yet the drag on the bottom line ceases after chips are fully depreciated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

According to his calculations, the Indian rupee has depreciated by between 35% and 47% against the currencies of major study destinations since 2019.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The won has depreciated almost 6% against the dollar this year, despite similar yields BX:AMBMKKR-10Y, lower inflation, a huge current account surplus and record exports.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

According to recent data from the AfDB, the currencies of 29 African countries have already depreciated, increasing the cost of servicing external debt, making imports more expensive and reducing foreign exchange reserves,

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

Three years later, 5th March 1534, it was found that the state was receiving damage from the foreign monies circulating, and that the only native coin circulating was in a worn and depreciated state.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

Buying equity stakes rather than owning depreciating fleets softens that, but the line between “demand layer” and “co-investor in hardware” thins with each deal.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Perhaps the disappearance of history’s icons from a depreciating currency isn’t a fatal blow to the canon of British culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

The most valuable asset you have now is time — and that is a depreciating asset for all of us.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

The current wave of protests began after shopkeepers in Tehran went on strike over the rising cost of living and the depreciating value of the currency.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

A flush of crimson crept modestly to her cheeks, and she made a depreciating moue.”

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey