dower

Definition of dowernext

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Noun
  • Each couple receives a set of items worth about $1,000 that would traditionally be given by the bride’s family as part of dowry.
    Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • She could be put away and go to jail for embezzling Sophie’s dowry, and Armenta is deathly afraid of being called out in front of society.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Flaks said the projects will be financed primarily through bond funding supported by the corporation’s endowment and other philanthropic gifts.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • That is borne out by the real-life strategy of the University of California endowment, run by Jagdeep Singh Bachher, who seven years ago shifted a significant portion of the fund’s assets from hedge funds, private equity and venture capital into low cost stock index funds.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The oversized gift was presented on April 28 in Washington, DC, during King Charles III and Queen Camilla's four‑day state visit to the United States.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • His gift is an uncanny ability to solve crimes that leave the LAPD baffled, armed only with the savvy and dry humor reminiscent of the gumshoe detectives of the noir genre.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Bezos’s wedding last year was big enough that some people expected to see some royalty present, particularly considering a lot of big celebrities attended, including the Kardashians, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Barack Obama.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But for all its retro-gazing reference points, Orange is ultimately a portrait of Presley’s present.
    Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The bestowal of titles is a centuries-old practice in the royal family.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
  • That list had some of the feeling of the bestowal of the King’s birthday honors, except that nearly everyone on it had been charged with a federal crime.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The push coincides with an emerging Christian subculture, from churches allowing congregants to tithe with digital coins to blogs promoting bitcoin as biblically sound.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Druski is then seen standing before the congregation, sharing news that Collect & Praise Ministries is branching out into Motherland, before encouraging tithes and donations for the cause.
    Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Use this cosmic energy to update your physical presentation, whether that be your hair, nails, wardrobe, or beyond.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There was a presentation of colors by the United States Armed Forces Color Guard.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That Dalglish’s vast contribution in Liverpool’s domination of English football over the previous decade would have helped him in sticky spots is a reminder that Slot has little to fall back on.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • During his deposition, Musk was called out for inflating his early contributions to OpenAI.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Dower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dower. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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