deplete
verb (used with object)
to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of.
is depleting
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present progressiveof deplete (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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According to the researchers, the results change the central question from "whether the gas is depleting" to "why it is increasingly difficult to form stars despite abundant neutral hydrogen reserves."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
A crippling drought is depleting its reservoirs, and the city expects it won’t be able to meet the area’s water demand in as soon as 18 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
They cited estimates that current pumping in the area is depleting, on average, at least as much water each year as the combined usage of half a million homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2024
In the meantime, Gids' workforce is depleting, and is unable to take on any meaningful number of new cases.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023
All we’re really doing is depleting our small cache of food and waiting for . . . what?
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
