depletion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depletion
Noun
  • According to Spire, this rate increase just offsets the decrease in natural gas prices which took effect in November 2024.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2025
  • The freeze amounts to a 5% budget decrease for the universities due to the $2.4 billion budget shortfall.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Largely confirming what other economic models have predicted, the Congressional Budget Office's estimations show that the tradeoff for a $2.8 trillion deficit reduction over 10 years would be an overall reduction in household wealth.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
  • The answer lies in reframing identity governance as a foundational layer for risk reduction.
    Leslie Milne, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Some of the nation’s leading tourist destinations, including Orlando, Miami and Los Angeles, are bracing for how the decline will impact businesses that rely on spending from international travelers.
    Jason Carroll, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • Russell Reynolds' Global CEO Turnover Index reports that the average CEO tenure dropped from 8.1 years in Q1 2024 to 6.8 years in Q1 2025, marking the sharpest decline in recent years.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • This year’s increase would compare with a 0.4% rise in 2024 following drops of 7% and nearly 15% in 2023 and 2022, respectively, from inflated prices during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 6 June 2025
  • The full-length leads during a packed frame of exciting new releases, as this Friday (June 6), includes drops from stars across genres — but none of them can quite compete with Wayne at the moment.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • In Haiti’s case, neither a recent U.S. designation of the armed groups as terrorist organizations nor a multinational force led by Kenya has made a dent in the gangs’ ability to sow chaos.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 31 May 2025
  • Thus, minimum payments don’t make a dent in your loan’s principal.
    Christine Benz, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
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“Depletion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depletion. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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