depopulation
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Other council areas will face Inverclyde's depopulation challenge in the coming years.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I also suspect factors such as abandoned farmland and unused land due to depopulation and an ageing population have an impact," he said.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Migrants have helped to enrich our living standards and helped ward off depopulation trends that threaten other wealthy countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Across Southern and Eastern Europe, rural depopulation is also contributing to the intense wildfires, Mr Keeping added.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Absent the extinctions, the encounter between Europe and the Americas might have been equally deadly for both sides—a world in which both hemispheres experienced catastrophic depopulation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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