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
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
I love being back in L.A., though it gets me down a little bit — not depressed but melancholy in an autumn-of-my-years type of way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The interest-rate outlook looks certain to fuel a decline in house prices of around 15% from peak to trough, which will weigh on already deeply depressed consumer and business confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“If Mom is depressed, shouldn’t we help her?”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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