pauper

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Recent Examples of pauper The county is required by law to continue its deceased pauper program, which is being transferred to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025 Alvarez is the pauper of the group, with Judge and Soto combining for $1.125 billion in salary over the lives of their contracts. C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 16 May 2025 He was made to leave a pauper after years of hard work. Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025 The mother of one of those men, Jonathan Hankins, confronted Grisham-Stewart in February at the county's pauper's field. Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pauper
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Noun
  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Pauper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pauper. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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