the dole
noun
: money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor
The government is changing the rules for receiving the dole.
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The city has been backsliding in its commitment to move people from the dole to work.
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Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
Once a welfare reform stalwart, New York under Mayor Eric Adams has been backsliding in its commitment to move people from the dole to work.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
But there’s more going on in this case beyond this particular freeloading foreign fiend trying to stay on the dole forever.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
Once a welfare reform stalwart, New York under Mayor Eric Adams has been backsliding in its commitment to move people from the dole to work.
—Stephen Eide, National Review, 3 May 2025
But there’s more going on in this case beyond this particular freeloading foreign fiend trying to stay on the dole forever.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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“The dole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dole. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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