depressed area

noun

Origin of depressed area

First recorded in 1925–30

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Fearing the destructive capacity of aerial warfare and hoping to uplift depressed areas, federal officials dispersed military installations to less densely populated regions, which had the added benefit of cheap land and warm climates.
Political power keeps shifting from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. Here’s why. | Keith Orejel | May 20, 2021 | Washington Post
He recalls one festival, held in a financially depressed area, in which free burgers drew large numbers of kids and their parents — and then the community made the event their own.
Does Free Food (and Other Election Festivities) Increase Voter Turnout? | Jenny G. Zhang | October 29, 2020 | Eater
The posterior portion has a slightly depressed area (see fig. 5B) at the junction of the "arms" of the Y.
A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas | Joan Echols
Typically, they contain a basin-shaped depressed area that is surrounded by a rim.
A Racial Study of the Fijians | Norman E. Gabel
At an early period this depressed area drained southward to the Colorado, and the bed of the old outlet can still be traced.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 | Various

In the depressed area beneath the archway, surface water had failed to run off.
Dan Carter and the Money Box | Mildred A. Wirt
The circular depressed area was doubtless used as an Estufa, the place of religious meetings for men alone.
The Prehistoric World | E. A. Allen

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