pauperizes

Definition of pauperizesnext
present tense third-person singular of pauperize
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Verb
  • The property’s main restaurant, Night Hawk, is Mediterranean, with cooking by open fire, a Greek ruins vibe and seating for about 150.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Having to fight and co-exist with those hell-bent on spewing lies and attention-grabbing hyperbole only clouds up the room, ruins the mood and takes away minutes from those who have been tackling real problems that truly need their government’s help.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • The system enables closed-loop recycling, which extends material life cycles and reduces cotton emissions and pollution.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
  • Oatmeal's beta-glucan fiber helps curb hunger, supports weight loss, and reduces harmful visceral fat.
    Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Pauperizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperizes. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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