impoverishes

present tense third-person singular of impoverish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impoverishes
Verb
  • The result is not just one exhausted employee, but a system that steadily depletes its people.
    Sandro da Silva, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, an iron-core collapse supernova happens after a star more than 10 times our sun’s mass finally depletes all its fuel and subsequently collapses into a neutron star or black hole.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By studying how the human brain processes this information, the researchers hope to unlock the secrets of efficiency that consumes a significantly smaller amount of energy.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, someone who uses it occasionally may not face the same risks as someone who consumes it daily.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike the closed-coupe Chiron, which cocoons you from its inner workings, the Mistral delivers a raw mechanical sound bath, tempered only by a pop-in wind deflector (fixed in examples for North America)—just aft of the seats—that reduces cabin turbulence and shields air-flow.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This ongoing improvement reduces the organization’s dependency on manual inputs from customers, account managers and sales teams, creating a more autonomous and data-driven process.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.
    Taylor Hagood, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The idea of festivals just exhausts me.
    Meg Zukin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • When shoe stink ruins a perfectly good rack.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
  • No matter how beautiful your kitchen is, grime on your appliances immediately ruins its look.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Seizures or other involuntary movements ensue, progressively getting worse as the person loses more control over their body.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • North Carolina spends less on mental health and offers less access to care than most states — a gap highlighted after a woman was fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Blue Line by a man with an alleged history of mental illness.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • About 1 in 3 renters in the Los Angeles metro area spends 50% or more of their post-tax household income on rent.
    Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Impoverishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impoverishes. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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