depress
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Cisco, Jobless Data Depress Stocks U.S. stocks fell as a cautionary revenue view from Cisco Systems and an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims fueled more concerns about the sustainability of the economic recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2010
"This man," Blake scrawled across the title page of his copy of Reynolds' printed lectures, the Discourses, "was Hired to Depress Art:--This is the opinion of Will Blake."
From Time Magazine Archive
Depress the shank of the hook against the skin in order to disengage the barb.
From Time Magazine Archive
Depress the key slowly, watching the hammer, and the fault will be discovered.
From Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by Fischer, J. Cree (Jerry Cree)
The harmonics of a pianoforte string can be easily demonstrated by the following experiment: Depress the "loud" pedal and strike any note in the bass a sharp blow.
From The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments by Miller, George Laing
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