on welfare
idiom
US
: receiving money from the government because of a low income or lack of income
a family on welfare
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Months before her abduction, Amber, Ricky and Williams, who at the time was a single mother working toward her GED, were interviewed by WFAA-TV for a special on welfare reform.
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Emily Krauser, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For example, programs for unemployment aid and social assistance were unified into a single system to better help those on welfare find jobs or be retrained.
—Christian Odendahl, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
Another image — of a fearsome figure with a belt cinched around his upper arm, pulling it tight with his teeth and brandishing a spoon at the gaping mouths sprouting from the skin below (to accompany another article on welfare) — was rejected, but ran later with an essay by a heroin addict.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
For center-right politicians, doing so helps their long-standing narrative that liberalized markets, stringent economic incentives, and tight limits on welfare benefits are ultimately the best economic policy mix, even for workers.
—Christian Odendahl, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
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Emily Krauser, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For example, programs for unemployment aid and social assistance were unified into a single system to better help those on welfare find jobs or be retrained.
—Christian Odendahl, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
Another image — of a fearsome figure with a belt cinched around his upper arm, pulling it tight with his teeth and brandishing a spoon at the gaping mouths sprouting from the skin below (to accompany another article on welfare) — was rejected, but ran later with an essay by a heroin addict.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
For center-right politicians, doing so helps their long-standing narrative that liberalized markets, stringent economic incentives, and tight limits on welfare benefits are ultimately the best economic policy mix, even for workers.
—Christian Odendahl, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
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“On welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20welfare. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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