drawdown
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draw down
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Synonyms & Antonyms for drawdown
Synonyms: Verb
absorb, burn, consume, deplete, devour, drain, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of drawdown in a Sentence
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I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Some believe the peace talks are worth trying, but many remain worried that a troop drawdown that moves too quickly will lead to a collapse of the country. — New York Times, "Trump Administration Officials at Odds Over C.I.A.’s Role in Afghanistan," 2 Sep. 2019 Although 37 of the past 69 years have experienced a double-digit drawdown at some point, only 15 of those instances saw the market end the year in negative territory. — Ben Carlson, Fortune, "Spike, Swoon, Repeat: What to Make of a Volatile Stock Market—That Has Basically Gone Nowhere for a Year and a Half," 28 Aug. 2019 The McHenry City Council this year set a limit of a $6 million total pot and $3 million individual prize, with a deadline of the end of August, which is why post officials plan the drawdown Tuesday. — Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, "At the McHenry VFW Queen of Hearts raffle Tuesday night, they won’t stop drawing tickets until there’s a $2.7 million grand prize winner," 26 Aug. 2019 The terrorists will try to exploit the rift between the STC and the government – and the drawdown of Emirati forces. — Bobby Ghosh, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: The last thing Yemen needed was a second civil war," 24 Aug. 2019 Both are potential stumbling blocks that could stall any U.S. drawdown. — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, "Talking in Qatar, bombing in Kabul. How to explain the Taliban?," 9 Aug. 2019 The drawdown in supply was driven by an increase in exports which helped reduce the decline in net imports of the commodity. — Daniel Kruger, WSJ, "Oil Jumps on Supply Concerns, as Stockpiles Fall by Most Since 2016," 26 June 2019 The Treasury didn’t make mention of how the coming halt of the Fed’s drawdown of its bond holdings will affect debt sales. — Los Angeles Times, "U.S. record debt sales continue as deficit heads to $1 trillion," 31 July 2019 Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said Monday the central bank’s ongoing balance sheet drawdown wasn’t the cause of financial market volatility into the closing months of last year. — Michael S. Derby, WSJ, "Fed’s Rosengren Says Fed Balance Sheet Cuts Didn’t Cause Late 2018 Market Woes," 25 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'drawdown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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