depopulating
- present participle of depopulate.
Example Sentences
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But when is the last time you read about anything good taking place in a deindustrialized, depopulating, or aging community?
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024
While most villages in Portugal’s interior are slowly depopulating, even former residents come back for these feasts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Those children move to cities, and are not in a position to take care of their parents who are left behind in depopulating areas.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
It could instead push against longstanding migration trends, pulling young people and families back to depopulating regions or small towns.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021
The effect of syphilis in depopulating the islands of the Pacific has been pointed out in a former chapter; the nature and origin of the disease that takes them off is unmistakable.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
