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deprivation

[dep-ruh-vay-shuhn] / ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən /


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Earning a strong salary from one country while temporarily living somewhere with dramatically lower expenses can create a powerful financial advantage without requiring the deprivation normally associated with aggressive saving.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, according to several people familiar with the case.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The charge Evans sought, deprivation of rights under color of law, has been brought against police officers accused of excessive force and other misconduct that can carry significant prison time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The Accounts Commission highlighted that alongside high levels of poverty and deprivation, two key issues placed additional pressure on Glasgow's finances.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

In all of these cases, there was evidence of severe emotional deprivation in early life.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

He added, “These deprivations, while grievous, do not infringe upon any deeply rooted constitutional right.”

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Its annual inflation rate is about 69%, the IMF said, while average Iranians face fuel shortages and other wartime deprivations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

"When hazards overlap or strike repeatedly, they compound existing deprivations."

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

Geoff Dyer is among the great uncategorizable prose writers of the past several decades and he also went to Oxford, albeit at the end of the 1970s, with the war deprivations of yore in rearview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

Some are distempered out of all reason and nature, and grasp at all who go by with hands emaciated by the deprivations of fever.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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