on welfare

phrase

US

: receiving money from the government because of a low income or lack of income

a family on welfare

Examples of on welfare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These children are more likely to end up incarcerated or on welfare. — Clarence C. Crawford, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026

The family relied on welfare, but Robyn had a sterling arts education, as children generally do in Sweden. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026

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. — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026

His focus on welfare measures as the ultimate standard of progressivism left the city ill-equipped to propose alternative economic strategies needed for addressing its fiscal crisis. — Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026

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