as in philanthropy
the giving of necessities and especially money to the needy
a millionaire who was known for his annual Christmas dole to needy-looking strangers he met on the street
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Recent Examples of dole
Too many American workers have become layabouts living off the government dole.
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Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 11 May 2021
The author of that piece criticized the Social Security Administration for not updating a listing of jobs that benefit applicants might be able to do instead of going on the government dole collecting disability benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
As recently as 2017, a dole of about 100 baby loggerhead turtles emerged from their eggs and began their journey from the sand to the sea on Assateague Island National Seashore.
—Kristian Jaime, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022
As with other American officials feted in Azerbaijan on the regime’s dole, Cuellar routinely stumped for Azeri oil interests—helping the regime profit that much further.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2022
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Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 11 May 2021
The author of that piece criticized the Social Security Administration for not updating a listing of jobs that benefit applicants might be able to do instead of going on the government dole collecting disability benefits.
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
As recently as 2017, a dole of about 100 baby loggerhead turtles emerged from their eggs and began their journey from the sand to the sea on Assateague Island National Seashore.
—Kristian Jaime, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2022
As with other American officials feted in Azerbaijan on the regime’s dole, Cuellar routinely stumped for Azeri oil interests—helping the regime profit that much further.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 26 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dole
Noun
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Traditional philanthropy often follows a one-time-gift model, wherein, a billionaire donates a million dollars, and the charity spends it on a worthy cause.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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Whether philanthropy playing catches on more broadly or puts people off remains to be seen.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Whereas many charities struggle these days to attract donors, in a sense both of these endurance fundraising programs have the opposite problem: too much demand for charity program entries.—
David Hessekiel,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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From left to right: Brandon Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald Howard Lutnick, model Jenny McCarthy, and Kyle Lutnick attend the annual charity day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC at the BGC office on September 11, 2013 in New York City.—
Todd Gillespie,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2025
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And that takes massive assistance, which means providing welfare housing with counseling right there in the building to keep people from crashing back into the street.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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The order notes that a 1996 welfare overhaul denies most public benefits to people in the country illegally but says that law has been gradually undermined.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Dole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dole. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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