Examples of deprivation in a Sentence
She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
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Sight deprivation in early years may also shape how people see the world in the long term.
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Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Jacob Francisallen Clare pleaded guilty to kidnapping from outside California and deprivation of child custody with a sentencing enhancement for kidnapping a child younger than 14, all felonies.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Especially for Deaf audiences for whom ASL is their first language, overlaid interpretation remains rare but can offer more nuance in context, emotion, and tone, address language deprivation, increase comprehension, and reduce cognitive overload and lags in information delivery.
—Abbey White, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
There’s this interplay of development and deprivation, of unbridled growth and displacement and dispossession.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
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Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
Jacob Francisallen Clare pleaded guilty to kidnapping from outside California and deprivation of child custody with a sentencing enhancement for kidnapping a child younger than 14, all felonies.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Especially for Deaf audiences for whom ASL is their first language, overlaid interpretation remains rare but can offer more nuance in context, emotion, and tone, address language deprivation, increase comprehension, and reduce cognitive overload and lags in information delivery.
—Abbey White, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
There’s this interplay of development and deprivation, of unbridled growth and displacement and dispossession.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Deprivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprivation. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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deprivation
noun
de·pri·va·tion
ˌdep-rə-ˈvā-shən 
ˌdē-ˌprī-
ˌdē-ˌprī-
: the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being
his nervous system may have been affected by early oxygen deprivation—Jack Fincher
Jack Finchersleep deprivation
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