How to Use depreciate in a Sentence

depreciate

verb
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  • These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.
  • The value of the house has depreciated greatly.
  • And Olakunle says that prices have climbed since then as the naira has depreciated.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The central bank said in early 2015 that the franc would depreciate over time, but hasn’t happened.
    — Catherine Bosley, Bloomberg.com, 13 May 2020
  • The afghani has continued to depreciate against the U.S. dollar since the Taliban took over more than two months ago.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Raw land doesn’t wear out or depreciate and there is nothing that can be stolen or broken on it.
    — Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Anything in excess of that must be depreciated over the course of 180 months.
    — Karlton Dennis, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The peso has depreciated around 60% compared to the U.S. dollar over the past year.
    — Almuneda Calatrava, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2023
  • As the Wolves improve, the value of its future firsts will depreciate.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 21 July 2017
  • The couple, once in the middle class, now survive on two salaries that have depreciated to the equivalent of $2.19 a day.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2016
  • These changes may serve as a reminder about that, though of course these products will depreciate in that channel as well.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Yurchenko said at some point prices will have to go back to normal and used vehicles will depreciate once again.
    — CBS News, 5 July 2021
  • And at a time when airlines want younger fleets to save on fuel, older craft depreciate even faster.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • As the governments depreciate the dollar, the value of your debt will fall just like the government’s bonds.
    — Dr. Philip Fischer, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • This isn’t a time to depreciate Cleveland’s performance, not on a night when the Cavs actually showed a pulse at that end of the floor.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2019
  • That slight fall came on the back of the Japanese yen depreciating 9.3% and has largely remained at the mercy of the U.S. dollar since...
    — Anjani Trivedi, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2017
  • Our games have seemed to depreciate from the honorable to the flexible, so that drugs and abuse and fraud and dishonesty are all part of the greater landscape.
    — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
  • The reason: The value of running backs has depreciated over the years, but would teams deem Robinson too valuable to pass up?
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Since the trade war began last year, the currency has depreciated by around 12% against the US dollar.
    — Laura He, CNN, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Cars generally depreciate by the end of the first year at around 20–30 percent.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 19 July 2021
  • Cars depreciate most in value during the first year of ownership—up to 20%.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2023
  • China has also allowed the yuan to depreciate to its lowest levels in more than a decade in recent weeks.
    — Laura He, CNN, 16 Sep. 2019
  • If your roof is 10 years old, for example, it would be depreciated by 10 years.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 July 2018
  • The ariary may depreciate by 3.7% against the dollar on average next year.
    — Kamlesh Bhuckory, Bloomberg.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The won will probably depreciate with the Chinese yuan if and when the currency breaks through the symbolic seven line.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 24 June 2019
  • Inflation is on the rise, and the currency is depreciating against the dollar.
    — Sabrina Karim, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Whereas Ms Shelton has called for a strong dollar, Mr Trump gets irate when other countries seek to depreciate against it.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Solar projects depreciate over six years, a point at which their owners often sell or donate them.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Nov. 2020
  • That’s not uncommon since the vehicle has less time to depreciate, but this discrepancy is on the larger side.
    — Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Car loans also strain your balance sheet, because cars depreciate quickly.
    — Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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