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It is accounting policy to depreciate infrastructure and recognize other operating costs related to scaling new clusters when it starts provisioning the equipment, incurring expenses before the assets are handed over to a customer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

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

Hardware depreciates and demand comes in bursts, so a bought machine sits idle between them, as the price of processing falls every year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

Amounts owed to boxers do not gain interest or adjust for inflation once a fighter is eligible at age 50, meaning the value depreciates over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

A replacement battery for a Tesla Model 3 can cost up to $20,000, for a vehicle that retails at around $43,000 but depreciates quickly over time.

From Reuters ● Mar. 20, 2023

This gains some added color, but adds undesirable element, depreciates flavor and is especially inadvisable when the grind is sufficiently fine.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

But the peso has since depreciated again, falling back to pre-intervention levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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

Exporters got a boost from the yen, which depreciated 7.8% against the dollar in April, making Japanese goods cheaper and more competitive overseas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Soon after the issue of legal tender bills their value depreciated, and from that time to the present there has been, and still is, a wide margin between their value and coin.

From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

Bottom line: A vehicle is a depreciating asset.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

You know the car is a depreciating asset, but you have $4.3 million in life savings, which has the potential to continue growing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The strait won’t be worthless, but it’s a depreciating asset.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

On balance, Gave is minded to forecast the yen’s depreciating days may be ending.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Here Dad would stop long enough to give his version of a depreciating moue, and hide his face coyly behind an upraised elbow.

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