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The Lancia is mid-engined, with a firewall behind the driver and passenger that deprives it of any real utility; even the 200 road cars were strictly two-seaters with no real cargo space. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Volvo’s new V60 is proof the station wagon must never die," 17 Oct. 2018 The unprecedented Alphabet restructuring in the summer of 2015 deprived it of key Google resources, according to CNET, and the company was asked to meet more rigorous milestones and develop products faster. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Nest CEO steps down as division is brought under the Google Home team," 17 July 2018 The #MeToo movement, driven by righteous rage and demands for dignity, is an opportunity to upgrade the antiquated definition of forgiveness that deprives women of empowerment and healing. — Megan Feldman Bettencourt, Harper's BAZAAR, "How Forgiveness Has Been Weaponized Against Women," 25 Sep. 2018 Oakleigh was deprived of blood flow and died of suffocation. — Eileen Reslen, Country Living, "Walker Hayes and His Wife Laney Open Up About Their Newborn Daughter's Heartbreaking Death," 22 Aug. 2018 The experimental group was sleep deprived, getting less than a quarter of their day to sleep. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "How you end up sleep-deprived matters," 23 May 2018 In Settle's case, those blood vessels had dried out and snapped, depriving part of her brain of blood and oxygen and causing a TIA. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "'Greatest Showman' Star Keala Settle Reveals She Was Diagnosed With Moyamoya Disease," 28 Nov. 2018 Assumed to be a Greek trading vessel, the ship was so well preserved because it was buried deep in the Black Sea in anoxic (oxygen-deprived) water. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Greek Trading Ship That Sank 2,400 Years Ago Found Intact," 23 Oct. 2018 Trees that have been deprived of water due to drought (like much of California) are more likely to die in wildfires. — Lauren Young, Teen Vogue, "California Wildfires Are Proof of Climate Change, According to Governor Jerry Brown," 2 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deprive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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'Deprived' vs. 'Depraved'
'Deprived' vs. 'Depraved'
Nobody wants to be either, but they're not the same.
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