depriving
Example Sentences
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“If the intent was not financial gain by depriving others, then it’s almost certainly not illegal — although not everything that is a big problem is illegal,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
Dugher, who was recently appointed the UK government's first "music champion", said: "No water is one thing but depriving people of somewhere to sit is another... families are having to sit on the floor."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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
The unfairness of it, depriving us of this once-in-a-lifetime moment.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
