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
Both had emigrated to Australia, part of a wave of rural depopulation as farm workers were replaced by mechanisation.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
The knowledge of milpa farming empowered many rural farmers to navigate climate changes during the notorious Maya Collapse – two centuries of political disintegration and urban depopulation between A.D.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2024
"We can make of the historical record that there was depopulation and movement of people from internecine warfare and diseases," he said to me.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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