deprivation
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"Sleep deprivation does not just make you tired. It selectively disrupts important memory circuits," noted Dr. Wong.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Human beings are remarkably resilient and can invent what they need even in conditions of terrible deprivation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The nutritional deprivation she suffered caused her to lose the muscle tone she needed to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
At 32, I started battling unrelenting headaches—clearly perinatal symptoms and sleep deprivation, I was assured by doctors as a new mom.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Nothing, I thought, could ever push me to return to the lifeboat and to the suffering and deprivation I had endured on it—nothing!
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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Vocabulary lists containing deprivation
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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"Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry, Introduction and Afterword
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This Week in Words: May 28 - June 1, 2018
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