: intended or serving to prevent or alleviate hunger
anti-hunger programs
an anti-hunger organization
Examples of anti-hunger in a Sentence
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Gleaners from a local anti-hunger group harvested some of the crops to donate to nearby food banks and shelters.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Those concerns reached critical mass when the Citizens’ Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition, launched by a group of anti-hunger activists, issued a report in 1968, Hunger USA.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
His devastating cuts to Medicaid and anti-hunger programs, silent again.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
The second Crowe Cares Day took place in August 2024 and was focused on a global anti-hunger campaign.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 42 million people receive SNAP benefits, sometimes called food stamps, as part of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
Tickets are $30; all net proceeds benefit Be Mighty Little Rock, a citywide anti-hunger campaign.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
Meanwhile, cuts to SNAP, our most effective anti-hunger program, would increase food insecurity and household stress.
—Emma Pinter, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Those concerns reached critical mass when the Citizens’ Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition, launched by a group of anti-hunger activists, issued a report in 1968, Hunger USA.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
His devastating cuts to Medicaid and anti-hunger programs, silent again.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
The second Crowe Cares Day took place in August 2024 and was focused on a global anti-hunger campaign.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
More than 42 million people receive SNAP benefits, sometimes called food stamps, as part of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
Tickets are $30; all net proceeds benefit Be Mighty Little Rock, a citywide anti-hunger campaign.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
Meanwhile, cuts to SNAP, our most effective anti-hunger program, would increase food insecurity and household stress.
—Emma Pinter, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
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“Anti-hunger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-hunger. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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