Examples of the poor in a Sentence
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In an ideal world, effective new drugs to help people shed excess weight would be used to help the poor just as much as the rich.
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Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 7 June 2024
Over the next few years, the insurgency spread through the poor and isolated province.
—Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
That said, the quality of the components spans quite a range, from very good to poor, and the poor ones haven't improved appreciably in years.
—PCMAG, 5 June 2024
Modi had appealed to India’s 1.4 billion people with a combination of business-friendly policies, welfare measures for the poor and Hindu nationalist policies.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
His fiscal policies benefited wealthy Americans and corporations but did little for working families and the poor.
—Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
Government price fixing like minimum wage laws hurt the young and the poor, the very people these laws are supposed to help.
—John Stossel, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Morales agreed that the team is extra motivated to beat St. Louis after the poor midweek performance.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Toward the end of Coolidge’s term in 1928, Work commissioned a study of the poor conditions Native people continued to face due to previous federal policies.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 7 June 2024
Over the next few years, the insurgency spread through the poor and isolated province.
—Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
That said, the quality of the components spans quite a range, from very good to poor, and the poor ones haven't improved appreciably in years.
—PCMAG, 5 June 2024
Modi had appealed to India’s 1.4 billion people with a combination of business-friendly policies, welfare measures for the poor and Hindu nationalist policies.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
His fiscal policies benefited wealthy Americans and corporations but did little for working families and the poor.
—Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
Government price fixing like minimum wage laws hurt the young and the poor, the very people these laws are supposed to help.
—John Stossel, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Morales agreed that the team is extra motivated to beat St. Louis after the poor midweek performance.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Toward the end of Coolidge’s term in 1928, Work commissioned a study of the poor conditions Native people continued to face due to previous federal policies.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
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“The poor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20poor. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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