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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauperize
Verb
  • But were you really impoverished by buying from Costco?
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Republicans have floated industry-destroying ideas like taxing college and university scholarships as income, which would instantaneously blow up thousands of budgets in higher education and impoverish millions of students.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • These two economic realities could bankrupt the dollar, seriously crater our economy and make the Depression look like the Roaring ’20s.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The outcome was a blow to the environmental advocacy group, which has previously said that a lawsuit of this size could bankrupt its U.S. operations.
    Simmone Shah, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Justin Champagnie hit a 3-pointer, the Heat had a backcourt violation and then Carrington ruined Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s 40-point game by dropping this dagger on him.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • By such maxims as these, however, nations have been taught that their interest consisted in beggaring all their neighbours.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The fact that not a single senior party official numbered among her copious conspirators beggars credulity.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • Standardization can also reduce due diligence burdens.
    The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Higher temperatures may also reduce the sugar content of maple sap, meaning producers will need to collect and boil more sap to produce the same quantities of syrup.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Pauperize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauperize. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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