deprivations

plural of deprivation
as in privations
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 deprivations Perhaps, partially, though not because of any physical deprivations. Jane Ciabattari august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 There are 29 states with child welfare systems with pending class actions or consent decrees because of systemic deprivations of children’s most basic rights –the right to be safe from harm in these child protection systems. Howard Talenfeld, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Since 2022, Russia repeatedly urged China to act quickly to save its economy from inevitable privations stemming from the collapse of its Western market.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • This absence — of God, of love, of plain community spirit — is a metaphor for the whole parish, where everyone is defined by their own lacks and deficiencies, the weaknesses that cause Wicks to despise them and vow to bring down them all.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But Davies’s film has a patience and lightness of touch that Scorsese’s lacks, as well as a note-perfect lead in Gillian Anderson.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
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  • Future solar cells, for instance, might harness coherence to move energy more efficiently, reducing losses and boosting performance.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Small private-sector businesses drove last month’s decline, and losses were widespread across industries (with some of the largest losses in professional and business services and leisure and hospitality), ADP reported.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Deprivations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprivations. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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