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Kenyan Muslims remain among the most deprived groups in the country, and many feel marginalized and disconnected from the state and its power structures.—
Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens,
Foreign Affairs,
27 July 2015 -
In some of the most deprived areas, including Middlesbrough, where Camilla spent the day on February 13, the trust, with the queen's help, has bumped this figure up to 41.8 percent.—
Jack Royston,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The predictable result of Trump’s tariffs will be higher costs for American businesses and consumers, fewer export markets, a global economic slowdown and a disadvantaged place in the global economy.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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This eye-popping mini was hand-crocheted by disadvantaged female artisans to help empower them — something Chelsea herself is trying to do with her self-deprecating boyfriend, Rick.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The students were all previously enrolled in the university’s Insights program, which helps underprivileged young people get into the arts.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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Soon after, Henley formed Developing Options, a nonprofit involved in gang intervention that also provided underprivileged children a safe outlet in sports.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 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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There’s a real debate to be had about what responsibility better-off neighborhoods like Hyde Park have to help solve humanitarian problems that often are laid at the feet of poorer areas.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The strong United cohort, almost entirely comprised of dominant sides under Ferguson, has not shied away from criticising the club, players and managers when results have been poor.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The public benefits charge covers everything from energy efficiency programs, solar and electric vehicle incentives, financial aid to needy customers, and the purchase of renewable and carbon-free electricity.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Local officials also break the law, such as when health officials in Mississippi misspent federal funds for needy people on a volleyball stadium.—
Kevin R. Kosar,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These navigators link impoverished Floridians with the network of religious and community organizations that support them and teach them how to take of themselves, according to Hope Florida’s supporters.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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On the idyllic shores of the once popular tourist hot spot Inle Lake, in southern Shan state, the earthquake destroyed hundreds of bamboo houses on stilts occupied by impoverished villagers, according to aid workers.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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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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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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“Unaffluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffluent. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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