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deprive

[dih-prahyv] / dɪˈpraɪv /


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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

The reversal follows criticism from teachers, nutritionists and parents who argued that removing eggs from school lunches could deprive children from poor families a key source of protein.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Yet Mr. Kelly is willing to deprive the neediest children of access to the greatest blessing America could offer: a high-quality education.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

They came close too in Wandsworth - becoming the largest party, not quite winning a majority, but doing enough to deprive Labour of the control they won four years ago.

From BBC May 9, 2026

To deprive her of these fights was to deprive her of all the zest and reasonableness of life.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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

Perhaps that’s Zhao’s point, that loss deprives us of the people we once were.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

A heart attack deprives heart muscle cells of oxygen and nutrients, causing many of them to die.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2025

Arbor heats it to extreme temperatures and deprives it of enough oxygen to make the biomass fully combust.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Reacting to the portrait in “a direct, straightforward fashion,” without the benefit of additional knowledge, deprives us of an understanding that is necessary for full appreciation.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

The gap is the difference between the 86.6% of better-off students who got A to C grades this year, compared to 71% of those in the most deprived areas.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Unified letter shows that the school board was laying the legal groundwork to dismiss Carvalho for cause, which would have deprived him of contractual severance payments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The attainment gap between the results achieved by students in the least deprived parts of Scotland and those in the most deprived closed a little in this year's figures - but still remains significant.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The Red Cross said the visit was carried out in accordance with its procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty, which included the opportunity to speak in private.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

South Africa was now deprived of one of its greatest sons, a man who would have been invaluable in transforming the country into a new nation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

The brothers claim Ledward's "misconduct is causing ongoing harm" to Boseman's elderly parents and depriving them "of financial assets at a vulnerable age when such support is most critical".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Some analysts estimate a blockade that lasts four to five months could reduce Iran’s oil revenues to close to zero, depriving the regime of its main source of hard currency.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Among other things, she said they will argue that federal officials improperly redrew the territory boundaries, shrinking it and depriving the horses of year-round water sources.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

They thus appear as agents potentially capable of blocking the whole process of energy production and depriving the cells of utilizable oxygen.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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