block grants

plural of block grant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grants
Noun
  • One entrepreneur pitched the idea of a small-business liaison or task force that could answer questions and alert business owners to resources, grants and other opportunities.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Seventh Circuit’s opinion underscored that the judiciary retains a role in reviewing statutory conditions for troop deployment, while the New York decision reaffirmed congressional mandates that security grants be based on risk assessment rather than political considerations.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most Democrats have blocked the bill while aiming to restore cuts to Medicaid and extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats demand the subsidies be extended, Republicans argue the issue can be dealt with later.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The hearing aids make more than 80 million automatic adjustments per hour to ensure maximum sound quality and speech clarity, Dave Fabry, Starkey’s chief hearing health officer, told Fortune.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Equipped with inertial and GPS guidance, the JL-2 may also deploy decoys and penetration aids.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fees Gainbridge annuities don't have upfront sales charges or administrative fees.
    Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With annuities, the jackpot cash is essentially invested and then paid out to winners over three decades.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Uncle Sam’s spending binge will remain compounding until Republicans muster the stones to take entitlements off autopilot.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In another move that has caused uncertainty, FEMA in September drastically cut some states’ allocations from another source of funding.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But last week saw an observable upwelling of anxiety, reflecting a break of the preceding low-volatility climb and some possible pent-up selling from historically elevated equity allocations.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Block grants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grants. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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