depravation
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"This has led to a large proportion of people needing to pay out of pocket, an option which is out of reach in areas of depravation where obesity rates are significantly higher."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
The new lawsuit against Baldwin, though filed in California, relies on provisions of New Mexico state law regarding the depravation of benefits, also known as “loss of consortium.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Wallenda, who has made successful walks across Niagara Falls and above Times Square, said he has been training with an oxygen depravation mask to mirror the conditions above the volcano.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2020
In a sublime study of gradual depravation, Arquette transforms into a deeply unmotivated prison employee who is hardened by her own unhappiness, succumbing to both desire and resentment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2018
One virtue only in a vicious character might convert it entirely to virtue, as one vice only in a virtuous might lead it to utter depravation.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
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