tithe

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Recent Examples of tithe The wide-ranging punishments for such sinful behavior could include a prohibition on wearing gold and other precious jewelry, as well as large tithes to monastic orders and the poor. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025 In other words, the format still isn’t giving women even a tithe. Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2025 Congregants say they were required to pay a minimum of 10 percent of their income in tithes. Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025 An additional 10 percent was designated for charitable giving or a tithe. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tithe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tithe
Noun
  • The midfielder’s defensive contributions to see out Arsenal’s seventh clean sheet from their opening 10 games of the season should not be overlooked either.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The second-quarter Dragons barrage featured contributions from the offense, defense and special teams.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the poultry came from a donation that hardly made up for the 74,000 pounds of chicken that never arrived in June.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But meeting minutes from October of last year obtained by the Herald/Times showed a $10 million donation from an unknown source.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Well, there was a real gift from the writers as far as that monologue was concerned.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Take a look at your holiday gift wrap, gift bags, bows, and ribbons.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The evening ended with the iconic funk band The Bar-Kays bringing everyone to the dance floor for a boogie to celebrate a night of benefaction.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Clear thinking, unvarnished assessments, and reference to those timeless lessons: These are the benefactions that National Review Institute brings to the public square.
    Peter J. Travers, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
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
Noun
  • John Gaither, chief executive officer, said the company will continue to expand its apparel offering with plans to offer shorts sometime next year.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Other automakers are expected to come out with cheaper versions of their EV offerings for American buyers.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For another, there’s the DESI data, our best large-scale structure data at present, which seems to slightly favor the presence of evolving (and, in particular, decaying or weakening) dark energy.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Holding a bottle of wine and an armful of kiddie presents.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In their funding bill, Democrats included a provision to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire this year, warning that failure to act could lead to higher insurance premiums.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats have largely withheld votes from a short-term plan to fund the government, insisting Republicans engage with them on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Tithe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tithe. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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