block grants

plural of block grant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grants
Noun
  • Attack on vaccines For instance, last month, Kennedy canceled nearly $500 million in grants that supported developing mRNA vaccines to prevent the next pandemic.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The public media funding model was designed as a three-legged stool, with federal funding distributed by CPB, leveraged many times over by state and other grants, and viewer and listener contributions.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The enhanced subsidies simply hide this glaring problem—at outrageous cost to taxpayers.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The analysts said that this was likely driven by Apple's price cut to the model versus the iPhone 16 base, and additional subsidies from the Chinese government.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It was not known if the driver was using autopilot or other driving aids at the time of the collision.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.
    TOM KERTSCHER, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company’s offerings span retail life insurance and annuities, as well as workplace services including group benefits like disability and dental coverage, supplemental health insurance, and retirement plan services such as 401(k)s.
    Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Rental properties, dividend-paying stocks, annuities and even part-time consulting work can help supplement retirement funds.
    Bob Chitrathorn, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
    Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Two physical editions are also available, each with different entitlements.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The same shift is happening with high-net-worth individuals, increasingly professionalizing their allocations.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of suggesting steps, the system executes trades in real time, sets stop-loss orders, and updates allocations autonomously.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Block grants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grants. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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