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As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy.

The foundation, named after her mother, provides financial help to needy families that are infertile.

Fatherless and emotionally needy, du Pont was a loner who sought companionship and adoration—usually at great financial cost.

He has close ties with the city political establishment and serves more than 200 needy families a week through his food bank.

The officers—led by a woman named Dawn Lerner—provide food and shelter at the hospital for needy people they find on the road.

A very few weeks flew over the head of the needy man, before he was reduced to the same pitiable straits.

The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst.

An assistant in the benevolent work of Mme. de la Chanterie, he visited the needy sick whom she pointed out.

By 1775, there were nine free schools endowed by private philanthropists for the poor and needy.

They all evinced a strong religious character, but in addition had a care for the old and needy.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to needy, such as: destitute, disadvantaged, indigent, penniless, poor, and poverty-stricken.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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