deprivation
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The academy serves an area which experiences higher-than-average deprivation levels, with more than 50% of students at the school eligible for free school meals.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Much of the previous research connecting poor sleep with obesity has focused on severe sleep deprivation, often limiting people to only four hours of sleep.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Bacup has the highest levels of deprivation in the Rossendale Valley according to English indices of deprivation 2025, external statistics.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Poverty and deprivation are no reflection on character, and there is no justification for denigrating the character of Haitians who suffer from and bear no responsibility for their country’s ills,” Justice Alito writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
As far as I can figure, my coworkers’ neediness—because that’s what it is—stems from chronic deprivation.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Here, try it out with me: The prohibition on deprivations of “liberty” without “due process of law”? In the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Such support can come with deprivations as well as gratifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
"When hazards overlap or strike repeatedly, they compound existing deprivations."
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The news organisations noted that: "Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
The deprivations of her youth, the betrayals of her parents, she never complained about any of it.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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