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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The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program launched by the federal government during the Great Depression.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The agency has been monitoring the potential impacts of climate change for decades, long before the Green New Deal policy proposal was suggested in 2019.
—Alex Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Despite intense lobbying by labor unions, progressive federal administrators, and African-American organizations, a national health insurance system was not among the sweeping social welfare reforms enacted as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
—Time, 6 May 2025
Meanwhile, a congressional probe had uncovered a bizarre plot—allegedly funded by DuPont and other companies that opposed the New Deal—to overthrow the U.S. government and install a Mussolini-style dictatorship.
—Mariah Blake, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
The agency has been monitoring the potential impacts of climate change for decades, long before the Green New Deal policy proposal was suggested in 2019.
—Alex Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Despite intense lobbying by labor unions, progressive federal administrators, and African-American organizations, a national health insurance system was not among the sweeping social welfare reforms enacted as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
—Time, 6 May 2025
Meanwhile, a congressional probe had uncovered a bizarre plot—allegedly funded by DuPont and other companies that opposed the New Deal—to overthrow the U.S. government and install a Mussolini-style dictatorship.
—Mariah Blake, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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