clothe

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This view also drives many advocates of universal basic income—including those believing that the AI-fueled labor market of the future won’t produce jobs that pay wages sufficient to feed, clothe and shelter families.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

I take the injunction to welcome the stranger and to feed and clothe very seriously.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024

Christ emphasized the imperative: Feed and clothe the least of these brothers and sisters.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2024

But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

At age fourteen, I didn’t own a lot of clothes because there were six children to clothe in our household.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry