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deprive

[dih-prahyv] / dɪˈpraɪv /


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Butts said the measure would deprive the city of an $8-million annual revenue source.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

What did we need him for when we could just buy the Bitcoin ourselves and deprive him of the arbitrage?

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

So while Murrill’s desire to deprive exonerees of money is terrible, Alexander said, her efforts to prevent them from having their names officially cleared are truly reprehensible.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

"Why deprive yourself of it when you can afford it?" he asked.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

But I saw, up close, how thoroughly the system deprives people from the lifelines of family connection they need.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

His death also deprives Trump of one of his most trusted allies on Capitol Hill.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Cleage gives the women plenty of substance, though her novelistic mode — more telling than showing — deprives her drama of style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

This particularly deprives eastern parts of the country of rainfall and sees a later start to the northern wet season -- though less chance of tropical cyclones.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Anything that deprives them of their sport will also reach out and affect a large number of economic interests.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Penny Walters works for Feeding Britain which supports some of the most deprived families in the North East.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In short order, wrote California historian Kevin Starr, the city was deprived “of its central landmark,” a river that was “possessed of its own special sort of greatness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The UVM team instead asked what would happen if cancer cells were deprived of one of their most important antioxidant defenses.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

In particular, opponents said, the Postal Service rules would have deprived millions of Americans of the ability to vote because many jurisdictions wouldn’t have had any feasible way to comply in time for the midterms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

They managed to unite into an armoured regiment—which was still several times larger than anything in armour which the King could bring against them—but they were deprived of their accustomed screen of footmen.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Perhaps due to a paucity of sources, Mr. Mancall dispenses quickly with events before 1450, depriving readers of a deep look at indigenous life before the arrival of Europeans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Though hugely popular with visitors, short-term lodgings are blamed by residents in many popular travel destinations for depriving locals of apartments for long-term rent and pushing up prices.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 2023, his team reported that depriving colon cancer cells of arginine caused them to accumulate more mutations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Hotter nights can prolong the stress that heat places on the human body by depriving people of a chance to recover, increasing the risk of heat-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Warburg believes that either radiation or a chemical carcinogen acts by destroying the respiration of normal cells, thus depriving them of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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