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depression

[dih-presh-uhn] / dɪˈprɛʃ ən /




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Norepinephrine plays a central role in regulating attention and mood, making it an important target for medications used to treat depression, anxiety, and ADHD.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

At that particular time, I was suffering from anxiety and depression.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Share prices of companies that build, renovate and outfit homes aren’t pricing in a depression, but they do reflect serious pessimism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Since her diagnosis, Applegate has spoken openly about her symptoms — including depression and “intense pain” — and channeled her experiences with the condition in a memoir, “You With the Sad Eyes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Maybe it could be a depression, like you get.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Calderas are large depressions that generally form when the ground collapses after magma is removed from an underground chamber.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

She said the impact it had on her life was awful, with depressions that felt like "sinking into a dark hole", leaving her stuck in bed and not able to face the day.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Market corrections, recessions, depressions, pandemics and human folly, along with investing in individual stocks despite the standard advice to diversify your holdings, can all take a toll on retirement savings.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Wars, diseases, revolutions, depressions, bankruptcies, financial crises and natural disasters all swept through history and wiped out wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

At the graveyard, a few depressions, but otherwise the ground was filled with pine boughs the snow had brought down.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt


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