deplete
Example Sentences
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The most productive acreage tends to be drilled first, and as prime locations are depleted, companies face higher costs and lower returns.
From MarketWatch
“With six weeks to go until the end of the heating season, Europe’s storage tanks are set to emerge from this winter even more depleted than in 2025,” analysts at ANZ Research say.
Many Goma residents previously relied on relief supplies delivered through the city’s international airport, but the rebels have shut the airport down, hobbling aid groups’ efforts to replenish depleted stocks.
If the frog's diet changes, its epibatidine reserves will be depleted.
From BBC
Costs will likely stay elevated as consumer demand remains robust, while it takes years to rebuild American herds depleted by drought and import restrictions over a parasite.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
