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as in misfortunes
bad luck or an example of this
many people came face-to-face with life-altering adversity when the stock market crashed
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as in hardships
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
some overcame all the adversities of the Great Depression and rebuilt their fortunes
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Recent Examples of adversities
Colton, who turns 22 on Saturday, has faced his own adversities the last few years.
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Scott Powers, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Providing an environment that will meet the social and emotional needs of every child that will address the various types of adversities and experiences.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Scott Powers, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Providing an environment that will meet the social and emotional needs of every child that will address the various types of adversities and experiences.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adversities
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The Biden administration was in the final stages of implementing rules to allow the Secretary of Education discharge loans for long-term borrowers and those facing a variety of financial hardships.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
3 Jan. 2025
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Economic hardships have been tied to an increase in shoplifting.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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Violence was entrenched as a byproduct of a government that ignored the tragedies faced by those like Shirley Vasquez and her neighbors.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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An Interview with Diane Wilson Sarah Neilson Talking to the author of The Seed Keeper about the tragedies of modern agriculture, and restoring Indigenous foods to communities as one way of healing historical trauma.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Amid the difficulties, some retailers managed to expand.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
30 Dec. 2024
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But that decline can be understood as a pragmatic understanding of the difficulties of repelling an invading force.—
Anton Grushetskyi,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Adversities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversities. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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