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deprived (of)

verb

Definition of deprived (of)next
past tense of deprive (of)
as in denied

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  1. denied
  2. withheld
  3. begrudged
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  • Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Harvey’s City Council voted unanimously last October to apply for the so-far rare designation of a Financially Distressed City, which the state denied in April.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of denied
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  • Boeing admitted responsibility for the fatal crashes and that its employees withheld information about the design flaw from the Federal Aviation Administration during certification.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Multiple National Women’s Soccer League teams withheld players from the competition to help during a crucial final stretch of the club season.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of withheld
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  • No one would have begrudged him taking the road most traveled.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • No one back in England, from the King downward, would have begrudged the arrangement.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
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“Deprived (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprived%20%28of%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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