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Recent Examples of block grant
In the department’s budget request, the academic enrichment in grant is one of several to be folded into a single state undesignated block grant, to be spent however the state chooses.
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
States would have to set up their own recovery programs and to coordinate with each federal agency if they were given block grants in lieu of FEMA involvement.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Another is block grants to rural hospitals, which are struggling.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
States would have to set up their own recovery programs and to coordinate with each federal agency if they were given block grants in lieu of FEMA involvement.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Another is block grants to rural hospitals, which are struggling.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Baker predicts the block grants would exacerbate the achievement gaps in most states.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
Noun
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On top of that, the Wawa Foundation also sends care packages to troops, and the employees can receive tuition assistance.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Discounted membership options are available for young adults and qualifying recipients of government assistance.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sport is really just a pretext for a tale of cross-generational mutual aid that cares too much for its characters’ wider lives to take them too often to court.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Senior administration officials have told the Herald that the administration intends to continue supporting the Cuban people and allowing humanitarian aid to flow to the country.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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For borrowers in their second or third year of college worried about getting across the finish line, Pierce recommends speaking with financial aid offices to access grants or cheaper loans to fill gaps.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the email exchange with University of Texas faculty who were preparing a grant application for a federal methane-reduction program, Pruett blamed the increases on inadequate infrastructure to capture the gas.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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