be deprived of
Example Sentences
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“Surely, the government does not mean to suggest that fortune-tellers and street performers may be deprived of their Second Amendment rights.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
That means it would have been unethical to test the new version against a saline control, because the control group would be deprived of any effective treatment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
The judge said that states stood to lose out on federal funding and that residents within the states could be deprived of their rights.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025
She denied that deleting those messages meant the Scottish or UK inquiries would be deprived of relevant material about decision-making during the pandemic.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
She had seen Lyra herself now—had even held her—and so she realized what it would have meant for the nuns to be deprived of her.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
