foy

chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foy
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
  • Tax filings show the foundation gave away more than $325,000 in grants for scholarships, fellowships and cash awards in 2023.
    James Pollard, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
  • The city had sought an Environmental Protection Agency grant last year to pay for the removal cost, but missed the grant cycle at the time.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • In a video posted on Saturday, May 24, Widger unveiled the contents of his care package, which included e.l.f.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • Beyond taking a count, volunteers spoke with people, providing them care packages and offering a ride to a shelter for the night.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 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
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
  • To forget or exceed herself takes the form of erotic dissolution and spiritual oblation.
    Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His father also contributed to oblation research in 1988.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • For decades, the government failed to grant fishing licenses to women, depriving them of fuel subsidies and the right to insure their boats.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
  • Tesla has benefitted from years of energy subsidies and EV tax incentives.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The new offering is at the very top tier of London’s accommodation options for super-rich jetsetters with expansive wallets, with the seven-bed Royal Suite at the Lanesborough and the six-room Manor House Wing at the Rosewood being among the ritziest of the glitziest.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • According to the American Camp Association, camps have been adding programs to their line-up of offerings.
    Davon Loeb, Parents, 7 June 2025
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“Foy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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