as in depresses
to make sad
the arrival of winter always saddens me
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At one moment in the concerto, the soloist—here the brilliant, committed young pianist Jeonghwan Kim—silently depresses a C-major triad with the left hand and then bangs out a C-major triad with the right, so that the lower strings resonate.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025 -
As the user depresses a key, the backside of the key (which is not visible) touches a thin layer of material.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In visceral and unrelenting prose, the novel troubles the easy distinctions between victim and perpetrator.—
Katie Kitamura
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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Notwithstanding, firing Erika McEntarfer troubles me greatly.—
Phillip Molnar,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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This diabolical, maximalist group oppresses Gazans and its existence ensures the Palestinians will not have a state.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?—
Time,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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What bothers her most is how the refusal seemed to change her brother’s behavior.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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But Huang worries changes to the combination vaccine recommendations could cause confusion and impact vaccination rates, leading to more disease outbreaks, like the measles outbreak that occurred in West Texas.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Jetelina worries that the mixed messages, combined with Kennedy’s anti-vaccine signaling, will decrease confidence in vaccines.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Saddens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saddens. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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