social welfare
noun
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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The New York state assemblyman secured his position atop the Democratic ticket by campaigning on affordability and social welfare, outpacing Cuomo, who had based his campaign on experience and combating antisemitism.
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Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Other researchers have found that women governors, more than their male counterparts, are associated with drops in CO2 emissions, greater attention to social welfare policies and swifter and more aggressive reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Kelly Dittmar, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Despite intense lobbying by labor unions, progressive federal administrators, and African-American organizations, a national health insurance system was not among the sweeping social welfare reforms enacted as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
—Time, 6 May 2025
Those are countries that have very strong social welfare systems.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
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Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Other researchers have found that women governors, more than their male counterparts, are associated with drops in CO2 emissions, greater attention to social welfare policies and swifter and more aggressive reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Kelly Dittmar, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Despite intense lobbying by labor unions, progressive federal administrators, and African-American organizations, a national health insurance system was not among the sweeping social welfare reforms enacted as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
—Time, 6 May 2025
Those are countries that have very strong social welfare systems.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
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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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