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“Unfortunately, that would depress housing activity relative to what we saw last summer and fall.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The effect of these higher yields has been to depress sentiment – and valuations — among U.S. homebuilders.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Variety and Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sued Google in September on antitrust grounds, alleging that its AI summaries illegally use the publisher’s reporting and depress online traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

The office was already beginning to depress him.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The IMF attributes China’s excess saving to a range of structural factors, such as an inadequate safety net and a fiscal system that taxes households too heavily and thus depresses their consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In the macro economy, uncertainty depresses economic activity, increases stock market volatility and reduces returns.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

“It is the duration of a shock, not its magnitude, that structurally depresses valuations,” he says.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

Jonny's prediction: It depresses me how good Sunderland are this season.

From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025

It depresses me even to think about it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

"There's a sizeable market to conquer," said Versloot, who was brought in just over a year ago to turn around BIC's fortunes after years of depressed sales.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the downtown area was economically depressed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

By the next summer, problems in his work had left him feeling anxious, depressed and worthless.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Starring Sam Underwood, the play concerns Nikolai Ivanov, a man in his mid-30s who was once admired and full of promise, but is now depressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Miss Honey turned and walked out of the study feeling depressed but by no means defeated.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

While higher borrowing costs typically help tackle inflation by depressing demand in an economy, observers argue it won't do much to blunt the impacts of the current oil supply shock.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Another resident, who did not want to be named, said it was a "depressing" situation.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Then on Friday, I typically work from home because nobody’s in the office, and it’s depressing when there’s nobody there.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

There is something uniquely depressing about that: doing nothing egregiously wrong, and still being horrible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

I did this by depressing the brake pedal very carefully and very slowly.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo