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Datini’s bride, Margherita, proved to be infertile; with no one to inherit his business empire, and increasingly concerned about the fate of his immortal soul, Datini left much of his estate to causes benefitting the poor.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
But even a small amount of gold could make the poor farmhands who rushed west feel wealthy.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Now this image is floating around in the mind of the poor sap who planned to hunt this deer feeder.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
But there is no cause, and no excuse, to deny aid to the poor entirely.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
But even a small amount of gold could make the poor farmhands who rushed west feel wealthy.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Now this image is floating around in the mind of the poor sap who planned to hunt this deer feeder.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
But there is no cause, and no excuse, to deny aid to the poor entirely.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the poor
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“The poor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20poor. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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