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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Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.
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Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
His childhood was largely in flux, living off food stamps, playing in the woods, and being tossed between the supervision of his mother and the cult’s other members.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Calls for what would later be known as food insecurity data grew after the Reagan administration scaled back the food stamps program in the early 1980s.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) will last longer but could also run out if a shutdown dragged on.
—Caitlyn Kim, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
His childhood was largely in flux, living off food stamps, playing in the woods, and being tossed between the supervision of his mother and the cult’s other members.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Calls for what would later be known as food insecurity data grew after the Reagan administration scaled back the food stamps program in the early 1980s.
—Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) will last longer but could also run out if a shutdown dragged on.
—Caitlyn Kim, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for food stamp
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“Food stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20stamp. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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