dower

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Noun
  • Cameras followed them for milestone moments, including when David struggled to pay Annie's dowry in Thailand.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Boko Haram has advocated for the direct payment of the bride price to the bride, in line with more moderate scriptural interpretations that conclude that the dowry belongs to the woman.
    Hilary Matfess, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
Noun
  • Republicans have introduced two bills that would tax universities’ endowments and potentially hurt their finances more than cuts to science grants.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Only the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra was recommended to receive funding in a grant program that builds endowments — but the Legislature hasn’t funded that particular initiative in years.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even with its luxury focus, Laura Lendrum, CEO of Printemps America, said the store mixes in more approachable items for tourists or aspirational shoppers who may stop by for a cup of coffee or browse for a $50 gift.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
  • For example, payments made through a third-party network for a birthday or holiday or wedding gifts; for sharing the cost of a car ride or meal; or for paying a family member or roommate for a household bill aren’t taxable.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At present, information regarding the extent of land burned and the size of the crew conducting the prescribed fire is unavailable.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Even if this technology was created for China, at least at present, BYD's Super E-Platform launch is a significant day for the EV industry as a whole.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Congregants say they were required to pay a minimum of 10 percent of their income in tithes.
    Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
  • An additional 10 percent was designated for charitable giving or a tithe.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Telemundo for years has held an event for advertisers on the first night of Upfront Week, a five-day whirlwind of presentations by U.S. TV companies to Madison Avenue.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This was the basis for a presentation at the Keyfactor Tech Days conference in Miami, where research first published in 2019 was used to demonstrate just how serious these factorization flaws remain.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This festival is a nod to the Canada–Netherlands relationship and actually started when the Netherlands sent commemorative tulips to Canada as a gesture for their contributions to the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II as well as for hosting the Dutch royal family who were in exile.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • His contribution to boxing and beyond will never be forgotten.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Those celebrating also pay zakat al-fitr, an alms-tax that goes towards those in need.
    Juliana LaBianca, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In 2007, amid rising fuel prices and yet another economic crisis, Buddhist monks led mass protests in Yangon and other cities, overturning their alms bowls to signal disenchantment with the military junta.
    Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
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“Dower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dower. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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