deplete
Example Sentences
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Cade Cunningham finished with 22 points as the Detroit Pistons held off a late rally from the depleted Denver Nuggets to hang on for a 109-107 road victory on Tuesday.
From Barron's
Right now, natural gas distributors are taking gas out of storage, depleting the nation’s reserves.
From Barron's
Arguably, the scarcity business model comes with its own economic hedge: Wait lists expand during economic booms and are depleted in leaner times, smoothing out sales.
The bottom line, also, is a depleted team looked Celtic in the eye and did not blink.
From BBC
They will be without the injured Jack Grealish here but they were depleted against Villa last time out and they were brilliant in that game.
From BBC
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