: intended or serving to prevent or alleviate hunger
anti-hunger programs
an anti-hunger organization
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What is clear is that a lot of money has disappeared from people's food budgets, and anti-hunger advocates say that food banks alone will not be able to make up the difference.
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Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
In Florida, about one in eight people use the federal anti-hunger program.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
The program is regarded as the largest anti-hunger program in the country.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
And nonprofit organizations must step up and work together in partnership with other anti-hunger organizations, older adult providers, and local and state governments to continue this invaluable research.
—Beth Shapiro, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Gleaners from a local anti-hunger group harvested some of the crops to donate to nearby food banks and shelters.
—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
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
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Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
In Florida, about one in eight people use the federal anti-hunger program.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
The program is regarded as the largest anti-hunger program in the country.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
And nonprofit organizations must step up and work together in partnership with other anti-hunger organizations, older adult providers, and local and state governments to continue this invaluable research.
—Beth Shapiro, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Gleaners from a local anti-hunger group harvested some of the crops to donate to nearby food banks and shelters.
—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
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
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“Anti-hunger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-hunger. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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