pauper

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Recent Examples of pauper The woman shares that Julia was buried in an unmarked grave as a pauper. Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for pauper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pauper
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 16 Sep. 2025.

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