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as in saddens
to make sad
the thought of once again failing the bar exam depressed me
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as in lowers
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally
construction workers depressed the roadbed in order to make way for an overpass
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as in reduces
to diminish the price or value of
the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year
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as in presses
to push steadily against with some force
depressed the lever to start the machine
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Recent Examples of depresses
Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.
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Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
As Aerohart explains of its own device, the user simply puts the tinder – char cloth seems to be the most recommended – inside the cavity at the tip of the removable piston rod, reinstalls the piston back into the cylinder, then firmly and rapidly depresses it.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
At one moment in the concerto, the soloist—here the brilliant, committed young pianist Jeonghwan Kim—silently depresses a C-major triad with the left hand and then bangs out a C-major triad with the right, so that the lower strings resonate.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
As the user depresses a key, the backside of the key (which is not visible) touches a thin layer of material.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depresses
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However, that really saddens me now.—
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Being stuck in the middle is what saddens the Others.—
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Obviously, police not shooting lowers the risk of harm to the suspect.—
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That lowers his ultimate value a bit.—
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This degradation not only reduces the usable active material but also creates side reactions that drain performance and shorten battery lifespan.—
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At the same time, hyaluronic acid—the gold standard for hydration—locks in moisture, soothes inflammation, and reduces texture, creating a soft, plump finish.—
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Long-standing geological evidence from Antarctica and elsewhere around the world shows that as ice melts and flows off the land, the land itself rises because the ice no longer presses it down.—
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But as any reader knows, the life ruining is the point, and Red Rising is a book that Abughazaleh presses into a lot of people’s hands.—
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His policies have been instrumental in dismantling the criminal enterprise that oppresses the Venezuelan people.—
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Texas Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle throws to the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Arlington, Texas.—
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In response, an employee throws what appeared to be a burger box at a man in a white T-shirt who appears to be accompanying the woman.—
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Around the summer solstice the alligator mother shoves vegetation from her wetland habitat into a pile to create a nest.—
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When Arthur tries to stop the stranger who has invaded his home from rifling through his drawers, Frank shoves the frail man to the ground.—
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That last hurdle, safely landing a SpaceX Starship HLS (Human Landing System) spacecraft, carrying two astronauts, upright on the moon, particularly troubles Green.—
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Rather, what troubles him are the claims that the song’s success has been manufactured.—
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“Depresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depresses. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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