as in deprivation
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed
the constant privation of sleep was starting to affect my work
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Recent Examples of privation
At first, the complaints from workers who'd escaped -- detailing forced labor, privation and torture -- had seemed extraordinary to Rezende.
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Terrence McCoy The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025
In light of the extraordinary privations and mass killing of Gaza’s civilian population in the current war, Hamas’s external leader, Khaled Meshaal, has likened Gaza to Algeria, where independence was achieved only after the death of more than a million civilians.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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Terrence McCoy The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025
In light of the extraordinary privations and mass killing of Gaza’s civilian population in the current war, Hamas’s external leader, Khaled Meshaal, has likened Gaza to Algeria, where independence was achieved only after the death of more than a million civilians.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
The policy, while inevitably controversial, was meant to correct for the nearly fifty years of brutal privations that Black South Africans endured under apartheid.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 June 2025
But whereas the first generation of Chinese entrepreneurs grew up poor and were happy to wring a livelihood from cheap imitations, today’s tech graduates were spared the privations of their parents and yearn for something more meaningful.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privation
Noun
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Treating insomnia symptoms could very well soften the negative effects of sleep deprivation on the brain.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Sep. 2025
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Under state law, the lawsuit also brings forward allegations of assault and battery, liberty deprivation/false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and negligent training, supervision and retention.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s encouragement of Walker was enough to spur him into the race, though Republicans as a whole were hesitant, given Walker’s lack of experience and standing as an unknown quantity among GOP voters.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Privation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privation. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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