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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSES in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of OPPRESSES in a Sentence

  1. Emily Dickinson:

    There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes--

  2. Richard K. Morgan:

    Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.

  3. Carl Jung:

    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

  4. Colin Kaepernick:

    I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.

  5. Veryan Khan:

    Add to this the measures France has taken to protect itself against the insider threat it faces, including banning the niqab (veil or mask), plus the usual complaints that Western religious freedom actually oppresses Muslims by exposing them to what they find morally reprehensible, and there you get the reason for their repeated, triumphal rejection of France.

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