in need
idiom
: in a condition of needing something (such as the things one needs to live)
a charity that raises money for women and children in need
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Free for active-duty military families, gold-star families, active-duty reservists and veterans in need.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
This strategy is apparently aimed at getting more goods into Gaza markets, allowing those in need of free aid to get to it first.
—Rachel Wolf , Bill Hemmer , Trey Yingst, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That buildup undermined the core Medicaid mission of helping people most in need and rendered the program less affordable to taxpayers, threatening to crowd out other priorities.
—Jeremy Nighohossian, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
The rabbi emeritus of the former Har Sinai Congregation in Pikesville said withholding aid from those in need constitutes a violation of Jewish law.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
This strategy is apparently aimed at getting more goods into Gaza markets, allowing those in need of free aid to get to it first.
—Rachel Wolf , Bill Hemmer , Trey Yingst, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
That buildup undermined the core Medicaid mission of helping people most in need and rendered the program less affordable to taxpayers, threatening to crowd out other priorities.
—Jeremy Nighohossian, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
The rabbi emeritus of the former Har Sinai Congregation in Pikesville said withholding aid from those in need constitutes a violation of Jewish law.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
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“In need.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20need. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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