Examples of poverty in a Sentence
He was born in poverty.
There is a poverty of information about the disease.
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Breaking Generational Poverty Cycles Head Start and Early Head Start programs are pivotal in disrupting cycles of generational poverty.
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Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
In other cases, undocumented individuals are referred to ICE for deportation proceedings, all over a low-level offense that may stem from poverty.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
If similar charges were heard in a Colorado state court, the sentence would be capped at as low as 10 days, a reflection of the state’s recognition that lengthy jail sentences for crimes of poverty are not in the public interest.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Experts say such migrants were escaping political unrest, gang violence, weather disasters caused by climate change and extreme poverty.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Rachelle Rutherford, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
In other cases, undocumented individuals are referred to ICE for deportation proceedings, all over a low-level offense that may stem from poverty.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
If similar charges were heard in a Colorado state court, the sentence would be capped at as low as 10 days, a reflection of the state’s recognition that lengthy jail sentences for crimes of poverty are not in the public interest.
—Jay Fisher, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Experts say such migrants were escaping political unrest, gang violence, weather disasters caused by climate change and extreme poverty.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Poverty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poverty. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
poverty
noun
pov·er·ty
ˈpäv-ərt-ē 
Medical Definition
poverty
noun
pov·er·ty
ˈpäv-ərt-ē
plural poverties
: debility due to malnutrition
evidence of poverty in calves
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