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Recent Examples of beggary Hence his need to construct an elaborate scheme of beggary that seems to have involved the bills being paid initially by the Cabinet office, then by the Conservative Party, then by a private donor, and finally, and only after the whole affair became a political embarrassment, by Johnson himself. Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beggary
Noun
  • At the last minute, a relative rode to the rescue—as, later, did a wealthy aunt, who plucked him out of poverty and sent him to private school.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But poverty trends should not be getting increasingly bleak.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That system, Fritz Alphonse Jean said, has fueled immense misery and social inequalities as well as the current gang violence that has a desperate population urgently calling for help.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Indian spiritual leader and environmental campaigner Sadhguru has spoken to Newsweek about the nation's mental health, offering his secret to achieving a good state of mind by choosing joy or misery.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That would help ensure that our longer lives are not feared as a time of pain, penury or purposelessness, but as a treasured gift of years.
    Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • One of Thompson’s signature innovations was to use a predictive algorithm to kick ailing and disabled Medicare patients out of nursing homes and rehabilitative programs, causing untold misery and penury.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Beggary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggary. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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