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Adjective
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Rayner is a former carer and trade unionist who came from a deprived household in Stockport, near Manchester, and became a mother at 16.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
14 May 2026 -
The alliance jointly fought the 2024 general election and deprived Modi of an outright majority, forcing him to rely on the support of regional parties to form a coalition government.—
Shilpa Jamkhandikar,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Among his many acts of service, my father volunteered with Chicago’s Christmas Ship, bringing Christmas trees to disadvantaged families in the area.—
Alex Poppe,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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In contrast, students at disadvantaged schools were more likely to spend much of the day in passive activities such as listening to lectures, practicing rote memorization or copying from the board.—
Supreet Kaur,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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Now, Emanuel is raising money for a New Hampshire nonprofit organization that provides bicycles to underprivileged children, in addition to raising his profile.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2026
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Jackson would invite hundreds of children to come play at his ranch, particularly ill and underprivileged kids.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Since then, it has been performed across much of the world, being ideally suited to these impecunious times and very masterfully written.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cowley graduated in 1920, and for a year and a half lived an adventurous, impecunious Grub Street life in New York, before a fellowship took him, now married, back to France for a master’s in French.—
Michael Gorra,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The second didn’t go nearly as well for Bussi as Karlsson and Howden scored on two of the Golden Knights’ six shots in the period to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the third, the tying goal coming off a Seth Jarvis turnover and a couple of poor defensive plays by Sean Walker and K’Andre Miller.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Heat radiates from the pages of this extraordinary novel about a poor family in rural Mississippi in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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Some of the possible QB-needy teams include the Cardinals, Dolphins, Browns and Jets.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Over the course of the season, Chantal grows frustrated with her needy fiancé and begins falling for Jordie, who has harbored feelings for Delilah for years, but seemingly moves on and reciprocates Chantal’s affections.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Transposing the book onto a contemporary setting, Jude’s take centers on an impoverished Romanian migrant, Gianina, played by a sensational Ana Dumitrașcu, who finds work as a housekeeper and au pair for a smugly bourgeois-bohemian couple living in Bordeaux.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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To ease the financial burden on the most impoverished, the government said tax exemptions would apply to micro-enterprises and those earning less than $680 a month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
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The remnants reflected the lives of dispossessed and displaced people.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
19 May 2022
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“Unaffluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffluent. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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