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The amount actually recovered in cases like this often falls well short of the amount embezzled - especially if the money has been spent on consumables, holidays, and luxury goods that depreciate.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Car companies will often offer incentives to help their trade-in customers offset negative equity, with some brands tending to offer more because their cars depreciate faster.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026

The cost of maintaining military superiority is rising as technological innovation accelerates, even as traditional military capital like tanks, ships, and aircraft become more vulnerable and depreciate faster.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Electric vehicles depreciate in value faster than traditional cars, meaning buyers can get a good deal on a used EV that hasn’t been on the road for long.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Should the property depreciate instead of rising, there is still time to use it for church purposes, and nothing is lost.

From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.

Remolona pointed to prior episodes where the peso depreciates sharply just as oil prices surged, fueling inflation and prompting the BSP to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

As the car gets older, its value depreciates — leading to borrowers paying more than the market value of their vehicle.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

If the rupee depreciates, fuel costs more, with knock-on effects for goods that are transported or manufactured.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

But the strategy has shown cracks since November, sources have told Reuters, with prices rising quickly as the country's bolivar currency depreciates against the U.S. dollar.

From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2023

Though self-praise depreciates, I am compelled sometimes to pronounce my own commendations; but it is only when no friend is present to perform that office for me.

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

The won has depreciated almost 6% against the dollar this year, despite similar yields BX:AMBMKKR-10Y, lower inflation, a huge current account surplus and record exports.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

Having sat unused in a police yard for over three years, it will have depreciated sharply - perhaps to less than half its original price.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The yen depreciated about 17% against the dollar over the past four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

According to recent data from the AfDB, the currencies of 29 African countries have already depreciated, increasing the cost of servicing external debt, making imports more expensive and reducing foreign exchange reserves,

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

All the debts owing to us would have been paid in the depreciated currency; and, therefore, I believe that England ought to have taken the lead in the introduction of a gold currency abroad.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)

Companies selling each other lots of AI gear but depreciating it slowly is another temporary accounting boost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Perhaps the disappearance of history’s icons from a depreciating currency isn’t a fatal blow to the canon of British culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

Elevated capex levels also present the risk of saddling Amazon with depreciating chips and servers that will send expenses soaring in future years.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

The current wave of protests began after shopkeepers in Tehran went on strike over the rising cost of living and the depreciating value of the currency.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

Here Dad would stop long enough to give his version of a depreciating moue, and hide his face coyly behind an upraised elbow.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey