Examples of deprivation in a Sentence
She is studying the effects of sleep deprivation.
She eventually overcame the deprivations of her childhood.
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Daylight Saving Time and Decision Making Sleep researchers warn that sleep deprivation can severely impact those who make critical decisions, including managers, military commanders, and politicians.
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Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Sleep deprivation comes with real costs Chronic sleep deprivation does more than leave people tired.
—Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
To this day, doctors can't explain why Lemons never experienced physical or mental side effects from the oxygen deprivation, and Lemons went back to work just three weeks later.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The sores are also associated with sleep deprivation, another challenge to immunity.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
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Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Sleep deprivation comes with real costs Chronic sleep deprivation does more than leave people tired.
—Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
To this day, doctors can't explain why Lemons never experienced physical or mental side effects from the oxygen deprivation, and Lemons went back to work just three weeks later.
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The sores are also associated with sleep deprivation, another challenge to immunity.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Deprivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprivation. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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deprivation
noun
de·pri·va·tion
ˌdep-rə-ˈvā-shən 
ˌdē-ˌprī-
ˌdē-ˌprī-
: the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being
his nervous system may have been affected by early oxygen deprivation—Jack Fincher
Jack Finchersleep deprivation
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