depressed area
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of depressed area
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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“It’s kind of a depressed area of Medford, and they’ve been able to make that a place people want to go,” Stine said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
The Lukoil-owned site in Sicily refines a fifth of Italy's crude and directly employs about 1,000 people in an economically depressed area.
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022
“It was in an economically depressed area … and vacant for many years,” said Colin Tarbert, president and chief executive of the Baltimore Development Corp.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2022
Macron headed Monday to an economically depressed area of northern France where a majority of voters had chosen Le Pen, close to her electoral stronghold of Henin-Beaumont.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2022
The depressed area measured five by six inches.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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