deprivation

Example Sentences

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Medical experts have long questioned the diagnostic value of Amen’s scans, noting that reduced frontal-lobe activity can be influenced by fatigue, stress, sleep deprivation or even the scanning method itself.

From Salon

There are areas of deprivation across Wales and it is not the case that everyone in a highly deprived neighbourhood will be struggling, nor will all those in a less deprived area be well off.

From BBC

The things we keep and use in the kitchen, especially, can conjure powerful memories: aromatic reminders of nurturing care and loving connection as well as less savory bites of deprivation, regret, disappointment and loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two Russian servicemen have already been sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years in prison for illegal deprivation of liberty of civilians and looting.

From Washington Times

"People across the country face massive suffering and loss, deprivation, displacement and destruction."

From Reuters