as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy
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Recent Examples of needy
We are committed to preserving SNAP for the truly needy.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Yet people here are among the most medically needy in the country.
—Jacquelyn Martin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
That means fewer ineligible people continuing on outdated paperwork, saving money for the truly needy.
—Lauren Arikan, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
Hope Florida was set up by the Legislature to support DCF, the state agency that provides child protective services and other aid to needy Floridians, and its Foundation is supposed to raise money to help fill the gaps in DCF’s services.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Yet people here are among the most medically needy in the country.
—Jacquelyn Martin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
That means fewer ineligible people continuing on outdated paperwork, saving money for the truly needy.
—Lauren Arikan, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2025
Hope Florida was set up by the Legislature to support DCF, the state agency that provides child protective services and other aid to needy Floridians, and its Foundation is supposed to raise money to help fill the gaps in DCF’s services.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for needy
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Having two of the three most impoverished cities, especially when those cities are experiencing booming population growth, is its own kind of economic miracle, if an ignominious one.—
Kathryn Anne Edwards,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The eye-popping dollar figures in the statements contrast with everything else happening on an impoverished island, where people spend much of their time without electricity and many still depend on meager food rations to survive.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
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This implies a poor Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 52.5% (vs. 19.4% for S&P 500).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The general manager, making a rare road trip, told reporters that his presence had more to do with his scheduling availability than the Yankees’ third-place standing or their poor play over the past two-plus months.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Needy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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