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Definitions for OPPRESSES
op·press·es

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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. C. G. Jung:

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

  2. Emily Dickinson:

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

  3. Wendell Phillips:

    Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor.--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.

  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, to me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.

  5. 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.

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