foy

Definition of foynext
chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • That match — equal to half of your retirement contributions up to $2,000 — will be deposited directly into your Roth IRA.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Italy, by contrast, has racked up strong performances in Alpine skiing, luge, speed skating and snowboarding - with unexpected contributions in other sports.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Last year, thanks to a Prebys Healing Through the Arts grant, Resounding Joy brought music to 50 participants in Mama’s Kitchen’s senior nutrition program, which delivers free meals to homebound medically fragile seniors in need.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The administration had proposed cutting the NIH budget by 40% and thousands of NIH grants have been terminated in just the year and a half Trump has been in office.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These cozy blankets are less than eight dollars, and can instantly liven up your living room, round out a care package, or show thanks for your child’s teacher.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Cole follows up with a joking request to appear on an interlude on the forthcoming project, then asks whether West could send him a care package of clothes — which West agrees to — before exiting the stage.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Druski is then seen standing before the congregation, sharing news that Collect & Praise Ministries is branching out into Motherland, before encouraging tithes and donations for the cause.
    Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Church offering plates are meant for tithes and charity, not political contributions.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 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
  • That shutdown ended with a promise to vote on extending the subsidies, which failed.
    Riley Beggin, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As with the subsidies, public outcry pushed a number of Republicans and Democrats to pledge to do something — in this case, reining in enforcement tactics.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The food and beverage offering, even if only for breakfast service, can be a key differentiator for limited-service hotel brands.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
  • For her, that included the chance to explore the festival’s offerings.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Residents also grew frustrated, as migrants reluctantly snared in endless court proceedings appeared to be gaming the system and living off the taxpayers’ dole.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
  • By placing them on the foreign-aid dole, U.S. officials know that foreign officials will do their bidding when called upon to do so.
    Jacob Hornberger, Orange County Register, 12 May 2024
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“Foy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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