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
Unlike Orban, who waxes lyrical on global politics, Magyar focusses on domestic issues such as healthcare, education, transport and rural depopulation in his speeches.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 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
"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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