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pauperize

Definition of pauperizenext

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Recent Examples of pauperize Ironically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change. Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauperize
Verb
  • Under Virginia law, Sarah’s free status, impoverished as it was, conferred upon her daughter, and her daughter’s sons and daughters, the same freedom.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Cinema sometimes has to know how to give in to a cause, but another thing entirely is to impoverish cinema by attributing to documentary cinema a mere and strict role of denunciation.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2025, healthcare costs have the potential to bankrupt even millionaires.
    Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Fifth Third Bancorp, for example, saw a jump in profit even as its credit losses grew due to exposure to bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor.
    Liz Napolitano,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • So, no, women didn’t ruin the workplace.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • In its efforts to achieve benevolent hegemony, the United States tolerated being beggared by its neighbors.
    OREN CASS, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2025
  • By such maxims as these, however, nations have been taught that their interest consisted in beggaring all their neighbours.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Tax rises would likely act as another damper on inflation by reducing consumer demand.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Researchers also stressed that the synergistic effect of K+ and C3N4 co-intercalation lowers the energy barrier, reduces the electrostatic interaction, and enhances the kinetics and structural stability.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Pauperize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperize. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.

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