as in deprivation
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed
the constant privation of sleep was starting to affect my work
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Saunders and Gamble dig into the domestic privations of poverty — the lack of food and heat, the shame of wearing the same old clothes every day, the constant worry about what’s next.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Taped to a dry-erase board at the front of the cardio room, a patchwork of index cards lists some of these whys. Many are testament to the privations as well as to the prospects of life in America.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
In Small Rain, too, the narrator finds himself in extreme privation.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
Photographer Russell Lee captured the hardships and privations (as well as moments of joy) in America's mining communities in the mid-1940s.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Taped to a dry-erase board at the front of the cardio room, a patchwork of index cards lists some of these whys. Many are testament to the privations as well as to the prospects of life in America.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
In Small Rain, too, the narrator finds himself in extreme privation.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
Photographer Russell Lee captured the hardships and privations (as well as moments of joy) in America's mining communities in the mid-1940s.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Privation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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