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the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare
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Recent Examples of welfare
Even states that already have stronger outcomes for child welfare will have something to learn from watching this program.
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Police reportedly conducted a welfare check at Lucero’s home last Tuesday after Vallejos told a healthcare company his mother had been missing for about a week.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Arteta and Palace manager Oliver Glasner had voiced their displeasure at the situation after progressing from the fourth round, with Arteta citing player and supporter welfare as critical issues.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Environmental and animal welfare groups are not pleased.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Police reportedly conducted a welfare check at Lucero’s home last Tuesday after Vallejos told a healthcare company his mother had been missing for about a week.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Arteta and Palace manager Oliver Glasner had voiced their displeasure at the situation after progressing from the fourth round, with Arteta citing player and supporter welfare as critical issues.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Environmental and animal welfare groups are not pleased.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare
Noun
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David Ellison owns Skydance Media, and the company has expressed interest in shifting CBS News to produce apolitical content, per NPR.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their job is to advocate for an animal’s well-being, but when their recommendations complicate or raise the cost of an experiment they might be ignored.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The company envisions a system where well-being is not a perk or afterthought, but a fundamental component of organizational success.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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In 2020, health issues and a death left Harrison's mother unable to care for the kids, Kyla Rose and Emery.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Oct. 2025
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The charitable organization funded by the Johnson & Johnson heiress is known for gifts to education, health and civic projects.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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And in the last days of August, laughter and pot would waft over the scene, happiness laced with sadness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the house is also a benignly indifferent witness to the happiness and the strife that occur within its walls—and to the heartbreaking transience of human lives.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The dining room, a warm and convivial space anchored by a communal table, sits opposite a cabinet filled with cookbooks, ceramics decorated with croissant patterns and more leather goods.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Cavanagh noted, however, that the company won’t be doing deals for deals’ sake.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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No one should wish for competition for its own sake.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Some people develop pin-sized, raised bumps (weals) when sweating—this condition is called cholinergic urticaria.—
Jennifer Sabour,
Health,
10 May 2024
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Today’s Rwanda is based on the deceptively simple premise that common work makes common weal.—
Jonathan M. Hansen,
TIME,
7 Apr. 2024
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Starbucks’ success was forged on the back of a growing demand for Western luxuries, as well as a strategy of adapting p roducts for the market –– to appeal to customers beyond China’s top-tier cities.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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And so getting another player who can get pressure on the quarterback in key situations, those guys are always going to be paramount to our success.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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