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an amount of money that a person gives to a church which is usually equal to 1/10 of that person's income
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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.
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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
Sforno argues that the confession is not directly linked to the tithe process but rather to the sin of the golden calf.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2024
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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
Sforno argues that the confession is not directly linked to the tithe process but rather to the sin of the golden calf.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tithe
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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
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During his deposition, Musk was called out for inflating his early contributions to OpenAI.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The voting was donation-based, meaning every vote also served as a direct contribution to conservation efforts for the species.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some residents at the April 16 meeting posited that the Park District’s controversial donation pact with billionaire resident Justin Ishbia played a role in the dog beach designs.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The benefaction of these private nonprofits eventually came to exceed, by a substantial margin, the money dispensed by the government, which has declined over time.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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Visitors can take the shuttle over to Bar Harbor for a variety of restaurants, inns and tourist offerings without leaving Mount Desert Island.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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To date, more than $200 million—or 50 percent—of the club’s real-estate offerings have been sold.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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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
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But for all its retro-gazing reference points, Orange is ultimately a portrait of Presley’s present.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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And then the Chinese government used the conversion to pure EVs to end subsidies, to change the level playing field, to tilt it in the local OEMs’ favor.—
Jamie Lincoln Kitman,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Stadiums are notorious for their lack of multiplier impact, which is one reason these days why sports team owners, such as the McCaskey family that controls the Bears, have such a hard time hoodwinking governments into giving them direct subsidies to build their stadiums.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Tithe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tithe. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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