depressed
Example Sentences
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“People were upset, depressed and scared,” and all they had were their phones, Zoom and immediate family, said Karen North, a professor of digital social media and psychology at USC.
From Los Angeles Times
The spike in the GDP Price Index depressed measured real GDP growth, with nominal GDP having grown at a 5.1% rate in Q4.
From Barron's
Defense, Space & Security’s profitability has been depressed for a while, partly because of fixed price contracts that have declined in value as inflation raised costs.
From Barron's
The song was credited with summing up the depressed mood of the country at the time, with riots in several British cities in 1981.
From BBC
The numbers: The U.S. expanded at a subpar 1.4% annual pace in the fourth quarter of 2025, depressed by a long federal shutdown that caused government spending to plunge.
From MarketWatch
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