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as in to deplete
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Recent Examples of impoverish
Their families have also been impoverished by a regime whose leaders have been sanctioned by the U.S. and others for narco-terrorism, corruption, and drug smuggling.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Though impoverished by war, the country has also developed an impressive defense-tech sector.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
This marginalization impoverishes global scholarship, narrowing the diversity of perspectives needed to tackle complex challenges for businesses who sometimes have the best intentions.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
That a short-term judgment about what the market will bear can choke off a literary legacy and, to some extent, impoverish a culture.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
Though impoverished by war, the country has also developed an impressive defense-tech sector.
—Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
This marginalization impoverishes global scholarship, narrowing the diversity of perspectives needed to tackle complex challenges for businesses who sometimes have the best intentions.
—Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
That a short-term judgment about what the market will bear can choke off a literary legacy and, to some extent, impoverish a culture.
—Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverish
Verb
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In Always On mode, the generator remains on until the battery is depleted or the power is manually turned off.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
6 Mar. 2025
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That would’ve depleted a stockpile of, say, 10,000 rockets in less than a month.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And the Giants would have to feel comfortable with Rodgers’ off-field drama and distractions that consumed much of his two seasons with the Jets.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Data centers supporting these operations also consume vast amounts of water for cooling purposes, with each inference of 20–50 queries on a large language model using approximately 500 milliliters of water.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gun rights groups, on the other hand, argue that Mexico is trying to bankrupt the American firearms industry and undermine the Second Amendment.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
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While a loss could bankrupt Greenpeace USA, the group says the message that fossil fuels are heating the climate and hurting people will continue.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But by 2011, they were exhausted by seven solid years of touring and recording.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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In this fractured reality, audiences may be exhausted but every human still needs truth, for stories that inspire, for narratives that unite through identification rather than division.—
Bing Chen,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Stay safe on wintry roads with these valuable winter driving tips from the NWS, and reduce the risk of accidents during challenging weather conditions.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Orange County Register,
4 Mar. 2025
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The venue renovations have significantly increased hospitality and premium offerings with new pubs, clubs, restaurants and seating, while reducing the number of suites from 70 to 40.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Edman spent much of the winter seemingly pegged to be the club’s everyday center fielder, with a chance to work into the infield mix occasionally.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
3 Mar. 2025
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Days can be spent visiting Buddhist temples, swimming beneath waterfalls, and hopping on boats to snorkel around colorful coral reefs.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2025
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By such maxims as these, however, nations have been taught that their interest consisted in beggaring all their neighbours.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The fact that not a single senior party official numbered among her copious conspirators beggars credulity.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
12 Apr. 2024
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“Impoverish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoverish. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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