as in bleak
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
the depressive story about a struggling artist
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Recent Examples of depressive
While additional clinical trials are needed to understand the efficacy of astaxanthin on depressive symptoms in humans, initial studies in mice have been promising.
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Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
At certain times of year, particularly in winter, some people experience depressive symptoms that impact them mentally, physically and emotionally.
—John Pierce, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Besides depressive symptoms, anxiety has also been linked to protein deficiency, especially in teenagers.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
For sedentary people, starting to walk just 20 or 30 minutes a day only three times a week may help to reduce depressive symptoms, Chekroud says.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
At certain times of year, particularly in winter, some people experience depressive symptoms that impact them mentally, physically and emotionally.
—John Pierce, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Besides depressive symptoms, anxiety has also been linked to protein deficiency, especially in teenagers.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
For sedentary people, starting to walk just 20 or 30 minutes a day only three times a week may help to reduce depressive symptoms, Chekroud says.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depressive
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But beneath Pansy’s rage, often a source of that specific, bleak brand of Mike Leigh comedy, lies severe OCD, anxiety, depression, and the grief of having recently lost her mother.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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While the art world has felt bleak amid a buckling market, a new art fair is gracing Los Angeles this year.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The depressing part is that the smear campaign worked.Nicole Page, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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In October, Lilium was scrambling for additional investments to keep the doors open and by late December the company announced that the only people still on the payroll would be handling the depressing job of liquidation.David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025
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The somber music should have been my first clue, but I was too wrapped up in the euphoria of Jane soon realizing that someone valued her life enough to save her from certain death.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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When a photographer suggests that the family pose with a somber demeanor for a shot that will be featured in an article about Rubens’ disappearance, Eunice refuses, instructing her children to smile broadly.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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But for now, Bannon is a fairly lonely voice shouting against AI velocity.Axios, Axios, 18 Jan. 2025
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Some suggested ways to make the dog feel less lonely when Lauren isn't home, such as leaving the TV on.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
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After the twinkling lights of the holiday season have been packed away, winter can feel downright dull and desolate, especially for families with energetic kids trapped inside by the cold.Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 25 Dec. 2024
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The affable Liverpudlians inspired morbid theories among fans as their hair grew longer and their songs stranger.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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If nothing else, this eighth installment will offer yet another chance to see Cruise nearly obliterate his aging but somehow ageless physique performing some insanely dangerous new stunt — a morbid spectacle that, like his famous mug, never grows old.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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If Richard wanted to die, suicide-by-cop is sometimes a choice for those who are desperate and depressed.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Depressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depressive. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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