Examples of depopulate in a Sentence
Large areas of the country had been depopulated by disease.
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Since 2022, nearly 22 million birds in California have been infected or depopulated as a result of the outbreak.
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
That is, unless more is done to stabilize the sector—including depopulating Citizens and encouraging private insurers to stay in the market.
—Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Factory automation and globalization, accelerated by the internet, destroyed jobs in traditional manufacturing centers, depopulating parts of the Midwest and South.
—Steve Lohr, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The 13-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands, unleashed a refugee crisis and left cities bombed to rubble, the countryside depopulated and the Syrian economy hollowed out by global sanctions.
—Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
That is, unless more is done to stabilize the sector—including depopulating Citizens and encouraging private insurers to stay in the market.
—Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Factory automation and globalization, accelerated by the internet, destroyed jobs in traditional manufacturing centers, depopulating parts of the Midwest and South.
—Steve Lohr, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The 13-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands, unleashed a refugee crisis and left cities bombed to rubble, the countryside depopulated and the Syrian economy hollowed out by global sanctions.
—Kanishka Singh, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Depopulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depopulate. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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depopulate
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de·pop·u·late
(ˈ)dē-ˈpäp-yə-ˌlāt 
: to reduce greatly the population of (as a city or region) by destroying or driving away the inhabitants
depopulated by plague
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