How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

noun

• She was laid off in early June and had to turn to food stamps.
  — Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
• This month, the food stamps never arrived.
  — Michael Collins, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
• The first is a program commonly known as food stamps.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
• Her father grew up in a broken home that survived on food stamps.
  — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Nov. 2025
• In plain English, kids on food stamps might be sent veggies.
  — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
• States now have increased incentive to root out food stamp fraud.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
• But its efforts around food stamps could complicate that.
  — Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
• That would also restore food stamp payments.
  — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
• His mother was disabled, and at times got only $32 a month in food stamps.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
• Congress has now adjourned for the week and is too late to prevent a lapse in food stamp benefits.
  — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025
• And food stamp cuts in Arizona offer a warning to the nation.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 11 May 2026
• Without any promising career leads, she was forced to move in with her sister and rely on food stamps.
  — Krystle Vermes, Futurism, 13 May 2026
• In the early years of the program, low-income people purchased food stamps.
  — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
• Poverty there inspired the launch of the modern food stamp program more than 60 years ago.
  — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• In another, a Black woman rails at a food-stand cashier while trying to buy a corn dog with food stamps.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
• Jeffs pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud and failure to appear and was sentenced to 57 months in prison.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
• When my father lost his income, food stamps and public housing helped my family get back on our feet.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
• If one food stamp recipient had to leave their groceries behind at the check-out counter due to fraud, that’s one time too many.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
• Countless federal employees aren’t being paid, food stamps will run out soon, and there’s no end in sight.
  — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• Who is paying for their housing, food stamps, clothing, schooling or medical care?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
• But one question is why obesity has become an issue even among some of those who rely on food stamps for support.
  — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
• Beyond healthcare, food stamps are also expected to get hit by the funding lapse if a deal isn’t reached by the start of next month.
  — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
• The food stamp program responded the way it is supposed to, by growing to help people who had lost their jobs or income.
  — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025
• The bill’s text was changed to soften the impact of Medicaid cuts and food stamp cuts in Alaska.
  — Cate Martel, The Hill, 1 July 2025
• Emily, struggling to provide for three kids on her teacher’s salary, had begun accepting food stamps.
  — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
• About 12% of Americans will be affected by a halt in food stamp payments.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
• One issue that took some creative maneuvering was food stamps, Myers said.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Dec. 2025
• Why punish people who are applying for food stamps because the president is having a temper tantrum?
  — NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
• Spencer hasn’t been able to find a new job since being laid off nearly a year ago and is now on the other side of the system — applying for food stamps herself.
  — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 11 May 2026
• As the next Farm Bill is debated, will there be a call for funding food stamps to end hunger in the world’s wealthiest country?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026