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draw down

  1. Deplete by consuming or spending, as in The government worries about drawing down our oil reserves.



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“California utilized an egregious loophole — since employed by several other states — to draw down federal matching funds used to provide Medicaid benefits for illegal immigrants,” the White House said in a policy memo released Wednesday as a budget stalemate forced a shutdown of the U.S. government.

It seems the yard is expected to win a new order before it is allowed to draw down the cash.

From BBC

“We’re grateful for the $25 million and the ability to draw down that $5 million so far. We do think we will need more going into the future, and I’m hopeful that through the conversations that we have — talking about what we would use it for, our success so far, what the continuing threats are down the road — that we’ll get to a place that will work for everybody,” Bonta said.

"It's really an efficient way to draw down carbon from the atmosphere."

From BBC

The district will continue to draw down an ending balance that stood at nearly $7 billion last year and now stands at about $4.8 billion.

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