deplete
verb (used with object)
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of.
depletion
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a word derived from
deplete.
Example Sentences
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Find insight on oil futures, U.S. oil stock depletion and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sperling said the new findings suggest acidification likely contributed to the extinction but was far less significant than warming and oxygen depletion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Markets are effectively pricing the reopening of the supply pipeline rather than the underlying depletion of inventories.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
That took 20 months of diplomacy but didn’t cost American lives, a depletion of munitions or countless billions of dollars.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
