United Way

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a nationwide civic organization (United Way of America ) or any of its affiliated local groups that raise funds through individual contributions and allocate them to benefit civic and charitable programs and organizations, as the YMCA and Red Cross.Formerly Community Chests and Councils of America, United Community Funds and Councils of America.

a similar and related organization (United Way of Canada ) in Canada.

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How to use United Way in a sentence

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It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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It was also an attack on our freedom of expression and way of life.
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I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
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"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
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In this way bundles of the plants are easily made, and in most cases these can be readily carried about.
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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