deprivation
Example Sentences
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Some drove for a ride-share app in the evenings, to make ends meet in a country of widespread deprivation.
Most teenagers already start the week short on sleep, and the ongoing mismatch between their biological rhythms and early school schedules causes sleep deprivation to accumulate over several days.
From Science Daily
Kirk declined and was convicted by a jury in February 2025 of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
From Los Angeles Times
Sleep deprivation catches me and I start hallucinating.
From Literature
The firm employs about 300 workers, including about 50 apprentices, in an area of high social deprivation that has lost about 1,200 jobs in recent years.
From BBC
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