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
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Signing 15 pieces of New Deal legislation into law from March to July 1933 set the standard for all succeeding presidents.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
While the first 100 days has stood as an important political milestone since the New Deal days of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression, there’s nothing particularly magical about that number for the stock market.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
But, at the same time, the Administration has also initiated the most radical expansion of the executive branch since the New Deal, taking major steps to exert control in spaces that previously fell outside the federal government's purview.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
His actions target the architecture of the New Deal, the Great Society, and the Reagan Republican orthodoxy of free trade and strong international alliances.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
While the first 100 days has stood as an important political milestone since the New Deal days of Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression, there’s nothing particularly magical about that number for the stock market.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
But, at the same time, the Administration has also initiated the most radical expansion of the executive branch since the New Deal, taking major steps to exert control in spaces that previously fell outside the federal government's purview.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
His actions target the architecture of the New Deal, the Great Society, and the Reagan Republican orthodoxy of free trade and strong international alliances.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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