depressed
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When Robins first began investing in the Design District in the ’90s, it was a depressed area with little commerce that was reinvented into a luxury retail hub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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
Analysts say significant gas production has also been curtailed this year and many wells have been drilled but not yet connected to pipelines, especially in Appalachia, where prices have been depressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"At first he was depressed," he says, "but we gave him toys to play with and his mood is gradually lifting."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Then, in 1884, the depressed Cantor had his first mental breakdown.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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