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depressing

[dih-pres-ing] / dɪˈprɛs ɪŋ /


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Like “The Man in the High Castle” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” before it, our depressing reality erased the distance between us and its fantasy.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The Bank of Japan’s prime rate remains at 0.75%, depressing bond yields that might suck more capital in.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Merely a gray leather couch, of a depressing aspect that almost announces a withdrawal from life and surrender to the numbing effects of long days and nights of television.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“It was kind of a depressing place. It wasn’t the beautiful place that it was before. It just needed flowers and life in it again,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

In another context this insight would have been depressing, but I was too preoccupied with the weather to dwell on it.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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