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Recent Examples of unprivileged
The researchers demonstrate how an unprivileged remote attacker can then recover secrets stored in Gmail, Amazon, and Reddit when the target is authenticated.
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Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Other brokers within the firm are working to ensure that unprivileged children in the area get something in their stockings this year.
—Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Other brokers within the firm are working to ensure that unprivileged children in the area get something in their stockings this year.
—Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
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As Jon, Luc Clopton sports in winning fashion Larson’s gentle flop of hair and a needy, but self-deprecating nature.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
3 Feb. 2025
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And knowing the struggles of needy dogs, owners flooded the comments with their own experiences.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Audiences savored White’s scathing dialogue, actor Jennifer Coolidge’s tragicomic performance as the emotionally indigent heiress Tanya McQuoid, and the show’s sly insights into how money comes to shape our every relationship.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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The commission supports indigent communities, including immigrants.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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Figure Skating in Harlem is a first of its kind organization that mentors young girls of color in underprivileged communities, helping to transform their lives and grow in confidence, leadership and academic achievement for their futures.—
Danielle Jennings,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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More than 30 years after Voinovich and the bishops proposed vouchers as a solution for underprivileged children in a single city, public subsidies for private school tuition were now universal in Ohio, covering tens of thousands of families.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
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Like De Fontenay’s debut feature Mobile Homes, which followed an impoverished family scraping by in upstate New York, Sukkwan Island has a powerful immersive quality that makes up for some of its dramatic shortcomings, especially dialogue that can feel either stilted or too on-the-nose.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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The states that voted for Trump also tend to be more dependent on those federal funds and have more impoverished areas.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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One result of the policy is more children from underrepresented backgrounds around the state, such as students from socioeconomically disadvantaged households, are getting access to the accelerated math track.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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Districts that don’t rely on daily attendance get most of their funding from property taxes and tend to be in higher-wealth areas, which Gallagher said could be one reason for the stark gap between socioeconomically disadvantaged students and more affluent students.—
Harriet Blair Rowan,
The Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Even the Kremlin’s own human rights council had denounced the charges as unwarranted, adding its voice to a chorus of support for Prokopyeva in what became a battle of wills between an impecunious local reporter and Russia’s powerful security apparatus.—
Andrew Higgins,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2020
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His half-Danish father, Prince Andrew, second in line to the Greek throne, was sentenced to death after the army was defeated in Smyrna by the Turks, saved only by the intervention of George V. In 1930, after eight years of impecunious exile in Paris, the family dispersed.—
Moira Hodgson,
WSJ,
4 Dec. 2020
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Harper and Ullman said the younger women sometimes looked after elderly, infirm or penniless prisoners.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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One follower gave the movement her life savings before dying of cancer, virtually penniless.—
Michael Rothfeld,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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After years of war and revolution, Nicaragua was destitute; there was no money for street signs.—
Tim Golden,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2025
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Millions of Syrian refugees reside in countries bordering Syria — Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan — and endure precarious conditions in crowded and destitute refugee camps.—
Avishay Artsy,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Thesaurus Entries Near unprivileged
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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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