soup kitchen
noun
: an establishment dispensing minimum dietary essentials (such as soup and bread) to the needy
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Would Harvard be able to, over time, change its activities to be a (c)(3) soup kitchen?
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Wright has been involved with Brother Benno’s since Harold and Kay Kutler opened it as a soup kitchen in 1983 in a cottage on Minnesota Avenue in Oceanside.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The soup kitchen’s nap area, a quiet room adjacent to the cafeteria, remains similarly crowded.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
However, the law still will prevent some immigrants from accessing services such as soup kitchens, prenatal care and crisis counseling.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Wright has been involved with Brother Benno’s since Harold and Kay Kutler opened it as a soup kitchen in 1983 in a cottage on Minnesota Avenue in Oceanside.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
The soup kitchen’s nap area, a quiet room adjacent to the cafeteria, remains similarly crowded.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
However, the law still will prevent some immigrants from accessing services such as soup kitchens, prenatal care and crisis counseling.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for soup kitchen
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“Soup kitchen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soup%20kitchen. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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