dower

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Noun
  • Textiles are made for dowries, burials, and beliefs.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • In posts which have subsequently been deleted from his X account, Al-Sheikh described only being able to afford a single sandwich from his favourite store, and needing to sell jewellery to pay his wedding dowry.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Leighton recalled early efforts to raise an endowment for the institute, saying that Bunting’s leadership, in part due to a substantial donation, challenged the community to step up by example.
    Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
  • With the influx of funds, the endowment grows to $53.5 million.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Some people may end up getting stuck maintaining an AI ghost if it's left behind as a gift, and ethicists suggested that the emotional weight of that could also eventually take a negative toll.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025
  • Beni truly is a gift from God that my old man sitting up there in Heaven Sent.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • At present, there is no available information on the containment or cause of the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
  • From past to present, Angela remains a style icon worth emulating.
    Essence, Essence, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
  • In other words, the format still isn’t giving women even a tithe.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • During the presentation, SPA shared character animations for Will, whose slight frame and limited height sets him far apart from his roarball colleagues.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • But the true 11 o’clock number of the evening was the presentation of the highly anticipated Best Actress in a Musical category.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Appreciation: Recognizing and valuing the unique contributions that both humans and AI bring to complex challenges.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • Not despite the immigrant population, but thanks to the contributions of so many immigrants as a workforce, as consumers and as – as entrepreneurs.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 15 June 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 19 Jun. 2025.

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