impoverishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of impoverish
1
as in beggars

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as in depletes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverishes
  1. bankrupts
  2. depletes
  3. reduces
  4. consumes
  5. ruins
  6. exhausts
  7. squanders
  8. loses
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  • The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
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  • Every dollar of capital reduction at a large bank increases, at the margin, the probability that a stress event depletes the DIF and reaches the public balance sheet.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Concentration burns glucose, decision-making depletes mental energy reserves, and by mid-afternoon, the prefrontal cortex is operating at a fraction of its morning capacity.
    — William Jones June 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
Definition of depletes
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  • Good posture helps prevent aches in the back, neck and shoulders, reduces joint wear and lowers the risk of sports injuries, according to Cleveland Clinic.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • Skipping the stove and oven also reduces indoor heat, so lean on cold sandwiches, salads and no-cook meals during the worst hours.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of reduces
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  • Yet a cannabis marketer who consumes — or, just as notably, one who doesn’t — often finds their professional credibility subjected to a level of scrutiny that has no real parallel elsewhere.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • One early target is underground mine ventilation, which consumes a significant share of electricity at subsurface operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Definition of consumes
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  • But their relationship remains undefined, and kind of over after Carter drunkenly ruins Beulah's big party.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The out-and-back Sand Canyon Trail (6 miles each way) passes a series of ancestral Puebloan ruins.
    — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
Definition of ruins
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  • Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
  • If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of exhausts
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  • Over and over, Levinson squanders opportunities for humanization or interiority in favor of provocation.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • Trapping individuals in endless cycles of exclusion and financial hardship squanders potential, reduces tax revenue and widens disparities.
    — Brian Fabes, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of squanders
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  • The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
  • And the company doing the genuine, expensive work of transition loses the one advantage the label was meant to confer, cheaper capital and patient shareholders who believe the plan.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of loses
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