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money or property that a wife or wife's family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures
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Recent Examples of dowry
Experts found other oddities in the surrounding graves, including what may have been a young woman's dowry.
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Except that subsequent to the mark’s evisceration care of government (always government, people please wake up), dowries were erased too such that parents had no say in the matter.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
They're famously put in stockings, perhaps as a reminder of the golden balls the original Saint Nicholas tossed into a poor man's stocking so his daughters could have dowries instead of being sold into slavery - known as The Miracle of the Dowries.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Growing up Hindu in California in the 1980s meant facing questions about dowries, caste, or eating monkey brains.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Except that subsequent to the mark’s evisceration care of government (always government, people please wake up), dowries were erased too such that parents had no say in the matter.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
They're famously put in stockings, perhaps as a reminder of the golden balls the original Saint Nicholas tossed into a poor man's stocking so his daughters could have dowries instead of being sold into slavery - known as The Miracle of the Dowries.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Growing up Hindu in California in the 1980s meant facing questions about dowries, caste, or eating monkey brains.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dowry
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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
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With the influx of funds, the endowment grows to $53.5 million.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
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In a blend of history and elegance, businessman Lindsay Howard, son of horse-racing enthusiast and Seabiscuit owner Charles Howard, originally commissioned the estate to be built by architects John Bakewell Jr. and Ernest Weihe as a wedding gift for his wife Anita.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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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
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Appreciation: Recognizing and valuing the unique contributions that both humans and AI bring to complex challenges.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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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
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The Council this week passed the non-binding resolution by a 12-0 vote, with one councilor, Sharon Durkan, voting present.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
15 June 2025
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At present, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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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
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One person might use their toolkit for presentations.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Those celebrating also pay zakat al-fitr, an alms-tax that goes towards those in need.—
Juliana LaBianca,
Good Housekeeping,
26 Jan. 2023
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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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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
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In other words, the format still isn’t giving women even a tithe.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Behind every donation that philanthropists Sandra and Malcolm Berman have made over the years, there is a story.—
Jean Marbella,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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The Friends of the Glencoe Golf Club, a private not-for-profit organization, has raised just over $2 million, highlighted by two large donations by two local families, according to their spokeswoman Kim Swinton.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Dowry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dowry. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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