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
By placing them on the foreign-aid dole, U.S. officials know that foreign officials will do their bidding when called upon to do so.
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Jacob Hornberger,
Orange County Register,
12 May 2024
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.
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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.
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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.
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Casey Michel,
The New Republic,
26 Jan. 2022
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Jacob Hornberger,
Orange County Register,
12 May 2024
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.
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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.
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Casey Michel,
The New Republic,
26 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dole
Noun
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And the gap between what nonprofits are being asked to solve and what philanthropy is positioned to support is widening.
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If the bet pays off, America gets the growth, the jobs and the technology — and eventually the philanthropy.
Noun
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Daisy Chain Fields features an all-women lineup and 100 percent of the net proceeds will go to charities dedicated to advancing and advocating for women and girls.
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The most recent instance was last weekend, when Pax and Shiloh were photographed playing pickleball with Angelina Jolie during a charity event, the Support+Feed Pickleball Invitational and Game Night, in Los Angeles.
Noun
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It was created by Congress, in 1990, to protect undocumented kids who ended up in the child-welfare system from being deported or getting stuck in a parentless purgatory.
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Police performing a welfare check found the prolific hitmaker, whose real name is Brytavious Chambers, unresponsive in his Martin Street apartment in Nashville on Thursday afternoon, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said.
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“Dole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dole. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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