food stamp
noun
: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food
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Parks has added a new program in his latest overview, the Department of Social Service’s food aid for poor families, once called food stamps but now known as CalFresh.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Parks has added a new program in his latest overview, the Department of Social Service’s food aid for poor families, once called food stamps but now known as CalFresh.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Concha discussed a recent piece from the Washington Post’s editorial board that argued food stamps should only be given to those who are hungry.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2026
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to adopt waivers restricting purchases through the SNAP program — long known as food stamps — which serves 42 million people.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
Parks has added a new program in his latest overview, the Department of Social Service’s food aid for poor families, once called food stamps but now known as CalFresh.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Concha discussed a recent piece from the Washington Post’s editorial board that argued food stamps should only be given to those who are hungry.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2026
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to adopt waivers restricting purchases through the SNAP program — long known as food stamps — which serves 42 million people.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Food stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20stamp. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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