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Recent Examples of disadvantaged Some of the heaviest pollution from the Eaton fire wafted over Chinatown, Boyle Heights, Compton and Long Beach — historically disadvantaged communities that are largely Latino, Asian and Black, who already have endured some of the worst chronic exposure to industrial pollution in the region. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 For example, urban heat islands—areas with fewer trees and more asphalt—are often concentrated in disadvantaged neighborhoods, compounding existing health disparities. Bill Frist, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Those accomplishments included what may be the lowest homicide rate per capita in the city’s history, an increase in the median household income, funding for programs for disadvantaged youth and investments in infrastructure, like $60 million in federal funding for the Underdeck project. Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025 In the 1990s, teletherapy was championed as a way to reach disadvantaged patients living in remote locations where there were few psychiatrists. Ellen Barry, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for disadvantaged 
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Adjective
  • When the Home Secretary is abducted in the largest deprived area, Paradis City, special agent Fredrika (Julia Ragnarsson) enlists Emir (Alexander Abdallah), an ex-MMA fighter facing life in prison, to find the politician.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Yet the contrast is sharp between how AI is used in the experimental school—nestled within an abundance of human attention—and how it is used in more deprived circumstances.
    Allison Pugh, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Like De Fontenay’s debut feature Mobile Homes, which followed an impoverished family scraping by in upstate New York, Sukkwan Island has a powerful immersive quality that makes up for some of its dramatic shortcomings, especially dialogue that can feel either stilted or too on-the-nose.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The states that voted for Trump also tend to be more dependent on those federal funds and have more impoverished areas.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But Chinese policymakers have been struggling to contain a massive property-market slump, alongside depressed consumer confidence.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Morosi believes Arenado's apparent decline is playing a role in his depressed trade market.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Figure Skating in Harlem is a first of its kind organization that mentors young girls of color in underprivileged communities, helping to transform their lives and grow in confidence, leadership and academic achievement for their futures.
    Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • More than 30 years after Voinovich and the bishops proposed vouchers as a solution for underprivileged children in a single city, public subsidies for private school tuition were now universal in Ohio, covering tens of thousands of families.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Disadvantaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disadvantaged. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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