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Recent Examples of draw down Surprisingly, United repaid £50million of their revolving credit facility (RCF) in the first quarter of 2025, leaving them with £140m of available cash to draw down as at the end of April. Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 June 2025 Head over to our deals page, pardner, and draw down. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025 This is the first time the state has allocated funding to the child care sector beyond the minimum amounts required to draw down federal funding. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025 Schools that have drawn down their endowments for annual expenses have found themselves in serious financial jeopardy. Gregory E. Sterling, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for draw down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw down
Verb
  • Chopra is well known for spending much of his career developing, teaching, writing about and disseminating such practices.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Taken together, this signals that tech and media behemoths are still betting that consumers will be willing to spend hundreds, if not thousands, to experience concerts, movies and sporting events beyond the confines of a traditional screen.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • For most people, garlic supplements or garlic pills are a safe and convenient way to consume garlic when taken in the amounts directed.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
  • The civil penalties can consume the entire balance of an account, so be careful.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Be sure to rinse and drain them before using to remove excess starch and salt.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • The city avoided building a water filtration plant, which would have lost more than $8 billion, by investing $1.5 billion into forests surrounding New York City's Catskill, Delaware, and Croton reservoirs that drain into their water supply systems.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • While others exhaust themselves and their budgets staying open for ghosts and insomniacs, smart operators perfect their performance when the audience is there.
    Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • According to a report released by Social Security trustees last month, once the trust fund is exhausted, payroll taxes would only be sufficient to cover about 77 percent of scheduled benefits.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • That’s how tariffs played out under the trade war during Trump’s first administration, according to one paper.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • This shift is playing out at multiple levels: mining equipment priced in BTC, tokenized assets benchmarking against Bitcoin baskets, and emerging DeFi derivatives denominated in sats rather than cents.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • This, together with a higher standard deduction, reduced the number of taxpayers who itemize deductions.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Choose looser fits that reduce the pressure on your hair follicles.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Not everyone has access to backyard vegetables, but these recipes are perfect for using up those overflowing CSA boxes or stuffed produce bags from the grocery too.
    Alexis deBoschnek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2025
  • Even for relatively efficient long-haul jetliners like Boeing’s 777 or Airbus’ A350, that means using up considerably more fuel.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • In this case, the Department of Homeland Security directly contacted state officials about using a quiet, remote airstrip to put up a soft-sided series of structures in which ICE detainees could be held pending court hearings.
    Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2025
  • Large picture windows, used throughout the house, let in plenty of natural light while framing the beautiful sights of the surrounding countryside.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025

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“Draw down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20down. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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