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deplete

to use up the supply or resources of

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Six example sentences with deplete, each labelled with its topic.

  • Two hard intervals will deplete the glycogen in your legs, which is why the final lap always hurts.

    Fitness

  • A single bad quarter can deplete a small charity's reserve fund faster than three good years rebuild it.

    Finance

  • Trawlers working the same bank year after year depleted the cod so thoroughly that the boats never returned.

    Environment

  • Casting the storm spell will deplete your mana bar entirely, leaving nothing for a shield.

    Gaming

  • Heavy training without red meat or greens can deplete iron stores, and the blood test shows it first.

    Medicine

  • Two years of imports paid in dollars depleted the central bank's reserves to less than a month of cover.

    Economics

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