depress
Example Sentences
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She worries that if a company ends up hiring a worker on a lower wage, the practice will depress wages for everyone.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026
They also will depress oil prices as sanctions disappear and production in those snakebit economies recovers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
Margins for these refiners may benefit if Venezuela’s heavy crude is priced cheaply, said Mizuho analyst Nitin Kumar in a Sunday note, but the extra supply may depress oil prices in the long term.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
Margins for these refiners may benefit if Venezuela’s heavy crude is priced cheaply, said Mizuho analyst Nitin Kumar in a Sunday note, but the extra supply may depress oil prices in the long term.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
The office was already beginning to depress him.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
