destituteness

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Noun
  • Breaking Generational Poverty Cycles Head Start and Early Head Start programs are pivotal in disrupting cycles of generational poverty.
    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
Noun
  • For civilians, the unrelenting misery of the last 18 months has just got a lot worse – especially as no aid has entered Gaza for six weeks.
    Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Life was good, especially after the last three seasons of misery, when games at this time of year were meaningless aside from their impact on the draft lottery.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Most teachers were volunteers, and the learning communities often farmed to cover basic necessities.
    Johanna K. Taylor, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The addition of hearing protection to this list of necessities recognizes that sensory wellbeing requires the same thoughtful preparation.
    Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Destituteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destituteness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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