the needy

noun

: poor people
Our church collected food for the needy.

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Encouraging your audience to take up arms against the needy would seem to contradict many of Jesus’ teachings. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024 For example, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, set a higher purpose of helping the needy by donating a pair of shoes for every pair sold, driving a spiritual cause for high employee engagement and extensive customer loyalty. Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Somewhere along the way, though, the Islamic capitalism that afforded protection to the weak and the needy became diluted. Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015 As the needy Moon in your 8th House of Shared Resources clashes with restrictive Saturn in your personal finance zone, your instinctive response might be to tell them no. Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the needy 

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“The needy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20needy. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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