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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Beyond healthcare, food stamps are also expected to get hit by the funding lapse if a deal isn’t reached by the start of next month.
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The headlines bled trauma — shootout at social services and no suspects yet in the Pimlico Five executions and grocers in city county cited for food stamp violations.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Decades later, in 2017, the Justice Department charged Saleh and a dozen others as part of a scheme that exchanged food stamp benefits for cash.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
More than 600,000 Coloradans receive SNAP benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The headlines bled trauma — shootout at social services and no suspects yet in the Pimlico Five executions and grocers in city county cited for food stamp violations.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Decades later, in 2017, the Justice Department charged Saleh and a dozen others as part of a scheme that exchanged food stamp benefits for cash.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
More than 600,000 Coloradans receive SNAP benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Food stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20stamp. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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