foreign aid

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Recent Examples of foreign aid More than three-quarters of the way through 2025, the foreign aid needed for Sudan, the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, affecting 30 million people, is less than 25% funded. David Miliband, Time, 22 Sep. 2025 Trump is mounting a multifront effort to cancel that foreign aid spending both in the courts and on Capitol Hill. Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025 But uncertainty over its future and foreign aid commitments have already had an impact. Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025 Ultimately, a ban was included in a foreign aid bill that Biden signed in 2024. PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid
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Noun
  • Buffeted by rising costs, declining enrollment and state aid that has not kept pace with inflation, the district started the year with a $51 million budget deficit and is spending down reserves and cutting into programs to close the gap.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But scammers have also grabbed millions in state aid, including Cal Grants and institutional awards.
    EdSource, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In emergency situations, dial 911 for immediate assistance.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The United States was by far the largest donor to DR Congo, providing more than $6 billion in humanitarian and development assistance over the past decade, the US Embassy in Kinshasa said in January 2025.
    Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Foreign aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign%20aid. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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