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as in to deplete
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Recent Examples of impoverish
That a short-term judgment about what the market will bear can choke off a literary legacy and, to some extent, impoverish a culture.
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Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
Europeans aren’t accustomed to being told so bluntly by U.S. officials that Europe is impoverishing itself with its dirigisme, but someone had to say it.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Removing or silencing employees who have devoted their lives to demonstrating the value of workplace diversity risks impoverishing the workplace.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
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Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
Europeans aren’t accustomed to being told so bluntly by U.S. officials that Europe is impoverishing itself with its dirigisme, but someone had to say it.
—The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2025
His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Removing or silencing employees who have devoted their lives to demonstrating the value of workplace diversity risks impoverishing the workplace.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverish
Verb
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Netanyahu may have calculated that the risk of an Iranian nuclear breakout was depleted, and manageable with yet more military might.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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The integration of generative AI into their search engine models is depleting organic traffic to media sites worldwide.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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The front nine, which has ruined more than a handful of U.S. Open rounds over the last two days, proved to be much tougher.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Sara Schilling,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Endless arguments could consume tons of precious computing cycles.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Recipes for everything from ceviche mixto with popcorn (!) to flan to sweet plantains are sure to delight, and the book’s chatty, convivial tone is likely to linger in your mind long after the meal has been consumed and the dreaded dinner dishes are done.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
Verb
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The settlement, which was capped at $2 million to not bankrupt the city, will be paid through the city’s insurance coverage, according to KSAT.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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One clear demonstration: In a highly visible test, the Kansas experiment of the previous decade nearly bankrupted the state and drove the governor out of office.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The visa expired in February 2023, but Soliman has not exhausted legal efforts to remain in the U.S., according to NBC.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 June 2025
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The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Here are recommendations for maintaining safety during a thunderstorm: To reduce the chance of being struck by lightning, when venturing outside, have a plan to get to a safer area.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2025
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Yerevan has since sought to diversify its defense sources, reducing arms imports from Russia to as low as 10 percent by 2024.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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One-quarter of all U.S. consumers also plans to decrease spending or abstain from buying on Amazon Prime Day this summer, according to data from Akeneo.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
6 June 2025
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Sacramento County’s budget outlines recommendations of how the county should spend its money throughout the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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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 19 Jun. 2025.
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