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deprivation

[dep-ruh-vay-shuhn] / ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən /


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"Japan is often described as a country suffering from sleep deprivation, and people here are very diligent," Riichiro Nakama, creative director at organiser Koala Sleep Japan, the mattress company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Earning a strong salary from one country while temporarily living somewhere with dramatically lower expenses can create a powerful financial advantage without requiring the deprivation normally associated with aggressive saving.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, according to several people familiar with the case.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Underlying stress about the attacks and the winter ahead has lately prompted bouts of insomnia until 4 a.m., while sleep deprivation has made work more difficult for her this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Disease-carrying insects become important where human beings are crowded together, especially under conditions where sanitation is poor, as in time of natural disaster or war or in situations of extreme poverty and deprivation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Add personal privacy to the list of deprivations that now come with public life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He added, “These deprivations, while grievous, do not infringe upon any deeply rooted constitutional right.”

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

There is a romantic quality even to the deprivations Smith chronicles, an effect heightened by what she chooses to highlight or withhold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

It must be some well-known phenomenon that if you stare into a fire when you’re already half out of your mind due to a variety of deprivations you will immediately find yourself hypnotized.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff


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