social welfare
noun
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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The first is that in the context of ‘zero fiscal space’ the constraints imposed by high levels of debt and deficits, will drive new splits within parties, for example between those who are keen to spend more on defence, versus those who wish to preserve social welfare safety nets.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Mamdani would now have an advantage as the Democratic candidate for mayor in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, in which many feel besieged by President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants, his assault on Columbia University, and proposed cuts to social welfare programs.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 June 2025
The barrage damaged 19 schools, 10 kindergartens, a vocational school, a music school and a social welfare office, as well as eight medical facilities, according to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov.
—Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
Economic Health took into account employment rates, household incomes relative to a state's cost of living, as well as several other social welfare measures.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Mamdani would now have an advantage as the Democratic candidate for mayor in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, in which many feel besieged by President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants, his assault on Columbia University, and proposed cuts to social welfare programs.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 June 2025
The barrage damaged 19 schools, 10 kindergartens, a vocational school, a music school and a social welfare office, as well as eight medical facilities, according to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov.
—Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
Economic Health took into account employment rates, household incomes relative to a state's cost of living, as well as several other social welfare measures.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for social welfare
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social welfare
noun
social wel·fare
-ˈwel-ˌfa(ə)r, -ˌfe(ə)r 
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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