deprive (of)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deprive (of)
Verb
  • Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The administration says the white South African farmers face discrimination and violence in South Africa, which the country’s government denies.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Or begrudge the fact that the author has had such a selfless wife to smooth out his life of art?
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Surely, no one would begrudge him cutting that down now to the kind of set that befits mortal men who have to pace themselves at any age, let alone.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Curriculums teach about the laws and governmental acts in place that withheld education and advancement from the enslaved, but skip over the intellect and radical acts Black people achieved anyway.
    Taylor Cassidy, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The president has talked of withholding federal funds if the Democrat is elected.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Things changed in January when management announced that DuPont would retain its water business — not only to accelerate the timing of the electronics spin, but also to enhance the overall attractiveness of the remaining legacy company.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Standard whey protein powders derive their protein content from a substance called whey protein concentrate—whey protein that retains the fat and carbs of the original whey, according to Dada.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Deprive (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprive%20%28of%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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