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as in to drain
to make complete use of
miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months
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as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
disease and battlefield casualties had depleted troop strength to dangerously low levels
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Recent Examples of deplete
For the Mets, the injuries to Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas have left their rotation quite depleted.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Then once the ground beef is wrapped in a package, the natural enzymes in the meat begin to slowly deplete the amount of oxygen present, adds Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2025
Likewise, few people recognize the stark reality that 70% of people over age 65 will need some form of long-term care, which can quickly deplete savings.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Not wanting to deplete her savings, Scott secured a $20,000 personal loan from a local bank to help purchase the house, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
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Chirping at opposing fans after draining 3-pointers?—
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But with Young draining a 3-pointer with 2:45 to play, the Hawks drew within 114-109.—
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Standardization can also reduce due diligence burdens.—
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Higher temperatures may also reduce the sugar content of maple sap, meaning producers will need to collect and boil more sap to produce the same quantities of syrup.—
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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
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In terms of a mechanism, the rejection seems to decrease levels of a neuropeptide in the brain, which increases after mating, leading Heberlein et al.—
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Keeping those cuts on the books would decrease revenue by $4.5 trillion from 2025 through 2034, according to estimates from the Tax Foundation.—
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The United States government spends $1.2 billion annually on maternity care, and American families pay more to give birth than any other nation.—
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However, the average business spends 14 hours a week on administrative tasks like these, which is nearly three hours a day that could be spent on other important work.—
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His aunt is exhausted, unsteady on her feet, her eyes red.—
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The game lasts about two minutes in total before the AI calls it a day, exhausted from generating the worst gaming experience possible.—
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Scarlett Johansson stars as Lucy, a college student in Taiwan who’s forcibly recruited as a drug mule and accidentally absorbs a synthetic substance that unlocks increasing percentages of her brain capacity.—
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As the global economy absorbs Donald Trump's massive tariffs, Sen. Rand Paul is continuing to speak out about the negative consequences of the president's course of action.—
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
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“Deplete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplete. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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