depressant
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Economists have long pointed to the country’s years-long property slump as a major depressant of consumer sentiment, as real-estate makes up a significant portion of household balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Bonjean also challenged Shapiro over her testimony that she knew the pill Cosby gave her was not a Quaalude, a depressant popular in the 1970s, because of the coding etched on it.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
He said he had been given a diagnosis as “manic depressant and bipolar,” which caused him to lie about the brain cancer.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
Dramatic reconstruction – also used in Antonia Bird's Hamburg Cell, a film about the hijackers themselves – served a purpose, but it could also be a gruelling depressant.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2010
The last two results, apparently anomalous, are due to the fact, which will be demonstrated later, that KHO in minute quantities is an excitant, while in large quantities it is a depressant.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
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