She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
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Doughty was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law.—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025 Earlier this year, a jury found Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk guilty of felony deprivation of rights by use of excessive force.—Mike Fox, Oc Register, 12 May 2025 The case was investigated by the FBI, and in April, Kirk was convicted of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law.—Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 9 May 2025 In the 2024 federal trial Haley was convicted of deliberate indifference resulting serious bodily injury and deprivation of civil rights, and could face a life sentence in prison.—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for deprivation
: 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
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