How to Use underserved in a Sentence
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In exchange, the doctors agree to work in underserved areas for at least three years.
—Arielle Zionts, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
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There are so many people around us who aren’t seen and aren’t heard and are completely underserved.
—Charli Penn, Essence, 20 Jan. 2022
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In this, his art is rather like his life, which seems underserved by being treated as parable or fairy tale.
—Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
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Our district is very underserved.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
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Are there other underserved islands where this niche model could work?
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
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Policies should bring providers into underserved areas, not push them out.
—Josette Walters, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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The costs of expanding them to reach underserved youth and families would be low.
—Dallas Ducar, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022
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Anderson said scalp care has been largely underserved, but that is not the case in her salon.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
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The title refers to its underserved protagonists in more ways than one.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025
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Some of that has been met with criticism that lower-income and underserved areas will be hurt the most by the cuts.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
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The result should be more testing of people in rural or underserved areas.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 21 May 2025
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The show seems to be connecting with that underserved audience.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2023
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The grants are targeted for underserved areas throughout the state.
—Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 11 May 2021
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How hositpals decide when to expand Defining whether an area is underserved can be tricky.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
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Advocates for underserved students have not ruled out a repeat of lawsuits if the tests return.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
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The goal was to take an underserved competition and turn it into a happening.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Jameis views this as a tool for shifting underserved communities from a check to check mindset to one of ownership.
—Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
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This distribution leaves a large underserved area in between, with many residents living a mile or more away from a pet store.
—Laura A. Reese, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
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Sleep is also emerging as one of the most significant — and most underserved — frontiers.
—Amy Francombe, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
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Growing up in an underserved community, there was no room in the budget for top-of-the-line beauty products.
—Celeste Polanco, Essence, 9 Jan. 2024
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And as our population grows in rural and underserved areas.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
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That law, experts say, will starve hospitals in rural and underserved areas of tens of billions of dollars in the next decade.
—Ana B. Ibarra, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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The staff behind the clinic hopes to provide health care services to underserved communities across the area.
—Bygabriella Abdul-Hakim,milan Miller,elwyn Lopez, ABC News, 11 May 2022
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The city says fees will be used to plant trees in underserved neighborhoods, while reducing permitting timelines by weeks.
—Kenny Choi, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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But four years later, little has been done to bring dependable, high-speed internet to these underserved areas.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
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And the safe and educational way to do it is a new program that is looking to bring paddling sports to the city and underserved youth for the first time.
—Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 8 Oct. 2022
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The plan also is targeted at homes in underserved areas of the city left behind by the racist mortgage lending policies of the past.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2022
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The plan is also targeted at homes in underserved areas of the city left behind by racist mortgage lending policies.
—Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 20 Dec. 2021
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The community center is home to a dozen free or low-cost programs geared toward folks who are otherwise underserved.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 18 June 2026
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If approved, a hospital and emergency room would fill a need for an area that has been medically underserved.
—Leondra Head, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
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