deprivation
Example Sentences
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Studies suggest that catching up on rest at the weekend doesn’t actually undo the impact of sleep deprivation.
"We promised to reconnect funding to deprivation and this final settlement delivers on that promise," said McGovern in a written statement on Monday.
From BBC
Dumfries House sits alongside areas of high social deprivation in a part of Scotland still scarred by the collapse of the coal mining industry.
From BBC
"Wherever you get areas of deprivation, or areas of poverty, something like this supports the community, and you're getting good, nutritious food," he said.
From BBC
But it does promote order by redirecting the ambitious few into what Mr. Mansfield calls “the bloodless killing of commerce” while reducing the material deprivation that encourages discontent among the many poor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
