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
“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
“It’s already an economically depressed area as it is,” said Mr. Chavez.
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Director Nick Hamm grew up in Northern Ireland where the British government had lured DeLorean to build his factory in a bid to bring economic prosperity to a depressed area riven by deadly sectarian violence.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2018
The external surface of the anterior section is nearly flat and has a central depressed area the sides of which slope evenly to the center.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
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