OXFAM
Britishacronym
Example Sentences
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OXFAM, an international organization that fights poverty, said it is working with women’s cooperatives in Turkey to determine an appropriate immediate and long-term response plan.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
With help from OXFAM, the Oxford-based relief agency, it has since reopened, but only half of its looms are being used.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His efforts, however, turned up nothing—until December, when he learned from an inspection of tax records that Chris had given away his college fund to OXFAM.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Shortly thereafter, he donated the balance of his bank account to OXFAM, loaded up his car, and vanished from their lives.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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