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
The soup kitchen’s nap area, a quiet room adjacent to the cafeteria, remains similarly crowded.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The law, which is set to go into effect July 1, would also prevent some immigrants from accessing services like soup kitchens, prenatal care and crisis counseling.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
But the needs that volunteers fill working in soup kitchens or responding to natural disasters have not gone away.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 12 May 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 19 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
The law, which is set to go into effect July 1, would also prevent some immigrants from accessing services like soup kitchens, prenatal care and crisis counseling.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
But the needs that volunteers fill working in soup kitchens or responding to natural disasters have not gone away.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 12 May 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 4 Sep. 2025.
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