depressed
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Operating earnings were depressed by weaker underwriting and investment income at the company’s large insurance units.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
In the case of the Design District Opportunity Zone, the census tract includes the luxurious retail corridor but also the more depressed neighborhoods of Little Haiti and Buena Vista.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
After being depressed for a "long time", Miller said he was now feeling "genuine joy".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
He said 2024 represented the largest annual reduction, save for the pandemic and recession years of 2020 and 2008, when energy use, transportation and economic activity were depressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Zander is sometimes depressed, too, and Annabelle herself is anxious, and Sierra is edging toward an eating disorder, and those are only the things she knows for sure.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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