Thesaurus results for STATE AID

state aid

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as in foreign aid

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Recent Examples of state aid In 2023, as county executive, Crowley helped spearhead a bipartisan deal in the Legislature that sent more state aid to Milwaukee and local communities. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Win for America is also spending heavily on races in Pennsylvania, where there was a push to raise taxes on the online sports betting industry to boost state aid for public transportation, election records show. — Dawn Kopecki, USA Today, 28 July 2026 The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and political dispute over state aid to the California’s refineries, could affect Newsom’s presidential ambitions. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 Videberg Kraft was the first to apply for state aid in December. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for state aid

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Noun

Groups like Poy’s that rely on foreign aid are struggling as donors shift funding for humanitarian demining toward active conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and to more recent wars, like in Syria and Afghanistan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of foreign aid

Noun

Over the last four years, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of police and the FBI, has leveraged several types of technology trying to crack the cold case.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Residents with storm damage are being asked to call 311 to request cleanup assistance and help officials document the extent of the damage.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of assistance

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American consumers have been struggling with soaring beef prices for over two years now, but the elevated cost of livestock has been a relief for those ranchers, who feel they’re finally being paid fairly for their work.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
When Allie and Owen decide to bump their rumpy-pumpy to next year, in order to get to know each other better, there is a relief in their compliance, like exhausted toddlers who have stopped fighting bedtime.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026