depressant
Example Sentences
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Economists have long pointed to the country’s years-long property slump as a major depressant of consumer sentiment, as real-estate makes up a significant portion of household balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
I have some doubts about that being the primary depressant, considering that the second, third and fourth most morose metros on the list are all in the Sun Belt: Riverside-San Bernardino, Phoenix and Miami.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Still, while many factors encouraged merger activity, one phenomenon that once drove deals — activist investors — became something of a depressant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2014
Dramatic reconstruction – also used in Antonia Bird's Hamburg Cell, a film about the hijackers themselves – served a purpose, but it could also be a gruelling depressant.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2010
When combined with any active drug, sodium seems to make it less toxic and less depressant.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
