state aid

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Recent Examples of state aid When Alabama’s board suspended and then revoked Fairhope’s 2025 state aid over teen-shelf content earlier this year, locals raised roughly $40,000 in five days, essentially replacing the lost check. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 Property taxes serve as a safety valve for local governments when state aid declines or the economy falters, Walczak argues. Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025 Districts that lose revenue because of the homestead exemption increase are eligible for additional state aid. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025 But scammers have also grabbed millions in state aid, including Cal Grants and institutional awards. Edsource, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for state aid
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Noun
  • Dependable, uninterrupted and effective foreign aid is critical to the well-being of millions of children.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • For one, the policy now touches just about all foreign aid.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Photorealistic traffic environments allow drivers to test displays and assistance features in context.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The investigation is being led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations under Special Agents in Charge Mark Zito and Jason Todd Stevens, with assistance from the FBI, according to multiple officials briefed on the case.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • If the Danish block grant diminishes, Greenlanders may need to regard the American offer as the sole viable economic safety net.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • As a result, states were cut off from almost $2 billion in block grants, including $350 million in addiction and overdose funding.
    Charles LeBaron, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The congressman says one of his top priorities is passing a new farm bill, which has been tied up in Congress and could provide some relief to local farmers struggling with declining profits.
    James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Asian currency strength may give some relief to currencies such as the Philippine peso, Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah that have been weakening.
    Marcus Wong, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026

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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/state%20aid. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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