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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  • Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have denied having any involvement in his campaign.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The 30-year-old Williams couldn’t be denied opening the fourth quarter, immediately knocking down a pull-up jumper to extend the lead.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of denied
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  • Coding system reveals missing pages A CBS News analysis of a numerical coding system used by the DOJ to organize the Epstein files offers clues about some of the documents the department has withheld.
    — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • For a black artist like myself, forming and writing songs for a boy band is a form of code ditching, a way of seizing aesthetics and timbres that have been unduly withheld from my predecessors.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 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
Definition of begrudged
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