pauperize

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Recent Examples of pauperize Ironically, in Cuba, a country pauperized by a Marxist model for the past 61 years, there is a growing public cry demanding change. Otto Reich, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
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Verb
  • His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.
    Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Removing or silencing employees who have devoted their lives to demonstrating the value of workplace diversity risks impoverishing the workplace.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Gun rights groups, on the other hand, argue that Mexico is trying to bankrupt the American firearms industry and undermine the Second Amendment.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
  • While a loss could bankrupt Greenpeace USA, the group says the message that fossil fuels are heating the climate and hurting people will continue.
    Jeff Brady, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The floods were also a disaster for businesses that lost valuable stock, like a local bookstore which saw $25,000 worth of books ruined, the BBC reported.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The fact that not a single senior party official numbered among her copious conspirators beggars credulity.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Ria eventually uncovers a nefarious plot that beggars even euphemistic description in a spoiler-free universe.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
Verb
  • The venue renovations have significantly increased hospitality and premium offerings with new pubs, clubs, restaurants and seating, while reducing the number of suites from 70 to 40.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Or has your life together reduced him to, as in your letter, a list of maddening attributes?
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Pauperize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperize. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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