depopulation
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"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
He added that changes in land use, such as an increase in rewilding as well as rural depopulation, were also contributory factors.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Continuing to raise animals in overcrowded conditions and relying on mass depopulation is an unsustainable and inhumane response.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 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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