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depressing

[dih-pres-ing] / dɪˈprɛs ɪŋ /


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Poultry companies are producing more chicken than consumers can buy, depressing wholesale prices and squeezing their profits.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

All of that is unacceptable and depressing, which is why I accepted Kaye’s invitation to have a look at something that works.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Measles cases in the U.S. just set a depressing record, making 2026 the worst year for the disease since the Soviet Union collapsed.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

What’s more depressing is that a research biologist interviewed by KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate, stated that the beached whales people have encountered likely represent only a quarter to a fifth of the total death toll.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

It must actually be quite a depressing moment—to have slogged through a mountainous wilderness for ten or eleven weeks and to realize that for all that effort you are still but halfway there.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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