poverty

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UK /ˈpɒvəti/US /ˈpɑːvərti/

Meaning

noun
the state of being poor
conditions of extreme/abject poverty

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A notable philanthropist, she has established the Volant Charitable Trust, which donates millions of dollars to aid women and children and to combat poverty and social inequality.

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hump and we have most who lived in absolute poverty were Asians the problem in the world was the poverty in Asia and if I now let the world move forward you

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Their poverty was my single story of them.

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A notable philanthropist, she has established the Volant Charitable Trust, which donates millions of dollars to aid women and children and to combat poverty and social inequality.

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