soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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This has shut down or disrupted numerous other groups, ranging from soup kitchens in Sudan to a malaria vaccine study in Britain, along with many global clinics, according to The New York Times.
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2025
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Volunteering at a food bank or soup kitchen came second, with building homes for organizations like Habitat for Humanity in third place.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order pausing all USAID funding, and the agency subsequently issued a stop-work order to nearly all funding recipients, from soup kitchens in Sudan to the global humanitarian group Mercy Corps.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, soup kitchens stopped handing out food, clinics suspended care, and truckers paid through aid programs stopped delivering medicine.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2025
Full List of Items Impacted Millions of Americans Could Lose Health Insurance
Kanye West's Super Bowl Ad Sparks Avalanche of Jokes, Memes
Volunteering at a food bank or soup kitchen came second, with building homes for organizations like Habitat for Humanity in third place.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order pausing all USAID funding, and the agency subsequently issued a stop-work order to nearly all funding recipients, from soup kitchens in Sudan to the global humanitarian group Mercy Corps.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025
Nevertheless, soup kitchens stopped handing out food, clinics suspended care, and truckers paid through aid programs stopped delivering medicine.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup kitchen
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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