foreign aid

noun

: assistance (such as economic aid) provided by one nation to another

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The Justice Department had asked the high court to pause a judge's order that the administration release the foreign aid. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 But foreign aid funding cuts are undermining the services that protect children — particularly girls — and their futures. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The legal battle over foreign aid has been long and complicated, bouncing to the Supreme Court and back over the last six months. Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025 Earlier this year, Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts, who is also conservative, joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in a ruling upholding a lower court order that unfroze $2 billion in foreign aid. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign aid was in 1548

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“Foreign aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20aid. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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