New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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These works and others were made within a window that opened during President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal and closed in the late 1940s when the surviving American troops came home, bringing their traumas with them.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Ocasio-Cortez, first elected to Congress, is a favorite of the party’s more left-leaning wing and is known for taking progressive positions on matters like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The New Deal-era building appeared remarkably unchanged, except for all the laptops.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Enthusiasm for the sport swelled when Lake Placid hosted the 1932 Olympic Games, and under the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Core helped supercharge the development of New York’s trails and infrastructure.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Ocasio-Cortez, first elected to Congress, is a favorite of the party’s more left-leaning wing and is known for taking progressive positions on matters like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The New Deal-era building appeared remarkably unchanged, except for all the laptops.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Enthusiasm for the sport swelled when Lake Placid hosted the 1932 Olympic Games, and under the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Core helped supercharge the development of New York’s trails and infrastructure.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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