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pauperized

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verb

past tense of pauperize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauperized
Adjective
  • Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighborhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, police and local authorities said Wednesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In 1693, Antoine Theroux, an impoverished 18-year-old boatman, was recruited to defend New France, as Canada was then known, against the Indigenous tribes and the British for King Louis XIV.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The idea for her top was loosely based on an old vintage shirt that Satenstein accidentally threw into the dryer and ruined.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Such diagnoses can carry an extraordinarily poor neonatal prognosis.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Road accidents are frequent in Africa’s most populous country, in part due to poor road conditions and lax enforcement of traffic laws.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Haasan plays a broke graduate who passes himself off as a rich man at a hotel, with Amala Akkineni co-starring.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The fact that the region’s broke local government is paying a total of 12 million for a renewable partnership with the Centre Pompidou doesn’t help.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Pauperized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperized. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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