foy

chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foy
Noun
  • That’s the person who can integrate diverse expertise, promote equitable contributions, and cultivate trust.
    Jamil Zaki, Harvard Business Review, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Kenley Scott, Director, Global Sector Strategist at William O’Neil + Company, made significant contributions to the data compilation, analysis, and writing for this article.
    Randy Watts, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The school could reapply for the grant, but a new grant would not cover any items the school already purchased for the upcoming 2025-26 year.
    Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Every nonprofit knows the pain of spending weeks on a major grant application only to walk away empty-handed.
    Scott Brighton, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • More recently, after when wildfires decimated parts of Los Angeles and southern California in January and many customers lost their homes, Brochu Walker gave care packages of clothing as gifts to the displaced.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • The organization sent them care packages containing balls, bracelets and calendars.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those celebrating also pay zakat al-fitr, an alms-tax that goes towards those in need.
    Juliana LaBianca, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In 2007, amid rising fuel prices and yet another economic crisis, Buddhist monks led mass protests in Yangon and other cities, overturning their alms bowls to signal disenchantment with the military junta.
    Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
Noun
  • Church offering plates are meant for tithes and charity, not political contributions.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • According to the Internet, all opponents of Caitlin Clark should create an HOV lane for her to the basket, give her at least 5-feet on 3-point shots, and after each game provide a tithe to her account.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • To forget or exceed herself takes the form of erotic dissolution and spiritual oblation.
    Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His father also contributed to oblation research in 1988.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • Accountability must be built into every public dollar spent, from reimbursement to subsidies to drug pricing.
    Rita Numerof, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • An upgrade to an eatery storefront or a subsidy to operating costs is not going to change that.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The launch date for ESPN streaming also comes one day after Fox revealed the launch date of its own sports and news-centric offering, Fox One, which will launch Nov. 21 at a $19.99 per month price point.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Star Wars isn’t the only science fiction offering that had its characters say derogatory things to their robot counterparts.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Foy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foy. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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