New Deal

noun

: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also : the period of this program
New Dealer noun
New Dealish adjective
New Dealism noun

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And many of the planners involved in experimental New Deal community projects, such as Greenbelt, Maryland, had worked for or alongside Housing Corporation designers and planners. Eran Ben-Joseph, The Conversation, 19 May 2025 The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed late in Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1938, requires wages at least one and a half times as high for any hours over 40 a week. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025 Beginning in the New Deal era, the federal government built dozens of hydroelectric dams and a sprawling transmission system to electrify the rural West. Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025 The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program launched by the federal government during the Great Depression. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for New Deal

Word History

Etymology

from the supposed resemblance to the situation of freshness and equality of opportunity afforded by a fresh deal in a card game

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of New Deal was in 1932

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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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