Depletion time (in units of Gyr) versus the distance from the MS (δ_MS) in terms of the sSFR (main panel). The Seyfert 2 galaxies are the red diamonds, and the control sample is shown with the gray circles (DustPedia) and green squares (Co19). The dashed region represents the t_depl − δ_MS relation from Tacconi et al. (2018) in the interval of the Seyfert 2 galaxy stellar masses and redshifts. Upper and right panels: projected histograms of the distance from the MS and the depletion times, respectively, for the AGN sample and the control sample, following the same color coding.