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adjective

(poor, rich, homeless, British...)

used as noun + Vplural

the poor are ...

the British

the French

the poor

the needy

the destitute

the homeless        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/
world/americas/25haiti.html

the rich        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/us/24oregon.html

the unemployed

the socially excluded

the mentally ill

the blind

the dead

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