foys

plural of foy, chiefly Scottish

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Noun
  • In response to rumors and chatter around his future on the team, the forward posted on Instagram, calling out fans who did not appreciate his contributions.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Kraus felt that her contributions to the coverage—a deeper theory as to why Maxwell was used as a scapegoat, with plenty of speculation about the past actions of Bill Clinton—weren’t being sufficiently recognized.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Stephen Dacus, the new chief executive of parent company Seven & I Holdings, told the New York Times that the chain plans to improve the quality of its fresh food offerings — and introduce the iconic egg salad sandwiches that have gained popularity among American visitors to Japan.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Parveen Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Still, Indian car companies have the cheapest EV offerings, starting at as low as 1 million rupees.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Attack on vaccines For instance, last month, Kennedy canceled nearly $500 million in grants that supported developing mRNA vaccines to prevent the next pandemic.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The public media funding model was designed as a three-legged stool, with federal funding distributed by CPB, leveraged many times over by state and other grants, and viewer and listener contributions.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The enhanced subsidies simply hide this glaring problem—at outrageous cost to taxpayers.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The analysts said that this was likely driven by Apple's price cut to the model versus the iPhone 16 base, and additional subsidies from the Chinese government.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Foys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foys. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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