as in lack
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed
the concern of some that there has been a deprivation of rights since the passing of laws to combat the threat of terrorism
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Recent Examples of deprivation
That will be a very small proportion of the number who actually die because of this deprivation and this hunger.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
But the forcible dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, the deprivation of their basic rights, has been a hallmark of the Zionist movement and of Israeli governments.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Maguire and the children are here because the local Trafford Council has been working with United’s charitable foundation to provide kids aged eight to 14 from areas of social deprivation with summer sporting activities, healthy meals and childcare for free.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Sleep deprivation as harm—not a badge of honor Jewish texts go further, recognizing sleep deprivation as a form of suffering.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
But the forcible dispossession and displacement of Palestinians, the deprivation of their basic rights, has been a hallmark of the Zionist movement and of Israeli governments.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Maguire and the children are here because the local Trafford Council has been working with United’s charitable foundation to provide kids aged eight to 14 from areas of social deprivation with summer sporting activities, healthy meals and childcare for free.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Sleep deprivation as harm—not a badge of honor Jewish texts go further, recognizing sleep deprivation as a form of suffering.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprivation
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And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The lack of winning has been exactly the problem during the Chuba years at Carolina.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Operating losses, management missteps — including a disastrous 2011 Super Bowl ad — and a rapid post-IPO decline in valuation led to the 2013 ouster of Mason as CEO.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many animals have adapted to water scarcity, with seasonal migrations, nocturnal habits and burrowing during the worst of the heat to offset water loss.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At first, the complaints from workers who'd escaped -- detailing forced labor, privation and torture -- had seemed extraordinary to Rezende.—
Terrence McCoy The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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In light of the extraordinary privations and mass killing of Gaza’s civilian population in the current war, Hamas’s external leader, Khaled Meshaal, has likened Gaza to Algeria, where independence was achieved only after the death of more than a million civilians.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.—
Hansel Alejandro Aguilar,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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For those battling severe disease, foundation staffers can work with you one-on-one to fight a denial.—
Lauren Sausser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Deprivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprivation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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