depletion

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Noun
  • The most dramatic decrease was among those aged 15 to 24, where the divorce rate dropped from 47.2 per 1,000 to 19.7 per 1,000.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That’s an 80% decrease from 2003 when there were 7,465 robberies.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The staff reductions are the first step in shutting down the 46-year-old agency, McMahon has said.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • All of those staffers were laid off in the recent federal workforce reductions.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles Domestic manufacturers added 10,000 jobs last month, despite a 1,200-person decline at apparel factories.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Print stayed mostly flat at $3.04 billion, with a 1% gain in ad revenue but a 1% decline in subscriptions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That could be in the range of the biggest drop in sales in the company’s history, nearly twice the drop during the early months of the pandemic, when factories and showrooms were closed due to stay-at-home orders.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The Chargers looked past Quentin Johnston’s 13 career drops at TCU and took him in the first round.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And the availability of virtual services has made a dent in in-person attendance.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Support for small and medium sized businesses on making these changes could really make a dent for the long term.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Depletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depletion. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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