welfare states

Definition of welfare statesnext
plural of welfare state

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare states
Noun
  • The entrepreneurs making millions have figured out how to build entire businesses inside their flow states.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • On Monday, parts of New South Wales and South Australia states hit record temperatures, some exceeding records set during a destructive summer of forest fires in 2019.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Thousands more victims have filed lawsuits on their own or pursued settlements out of court.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • With payments of settlements and legal fees, except in clear physical injury cases, most defendants do duplicate reporting, so that a check payable jointly to plaintiff and lawyer will be 100% reported to the plaintiff, and 100% reported to the lawyer.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Coming from nations, and ships, with clear hierarchies and orders of command, Europeans arrived in a take-me-to-your-leader frame of mind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • A number of European nations have taken hardline policies on immigration, like Italy’s controversial practice of sending asylum seekers rescued at sea to deportation centers.
    Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As long as the flight takes off and lands, the transaction feels complete.
    Shain Shapiro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The rule prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on nearly 45 million acres of national forest lands, including those in northern Wisconsin.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Decoding the reasons A potential breakout of World War cannot be ruled out in the present, with multiple countries going at loggerheads over various issues.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Its dual mission is to bridge the early-stage funding gap and guarantee global access, ensuring products aren’t confined to wealthy markets for decades but are introduced in low- and middle-income countries in parallel.
    Ana Castelain, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Kyiv and Moscow remain at an impasse on key points, including Putin’s demands for parts of Ukraine that remain under Kyiv’s control in its eastern territory of Donbas’s Donetsk and Luhansk provinces.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • In addition, 19 provinces have achieved full charging infrastructure coverage at the township level, extending access beyond major cities into lower-tier and rural regions.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But that would be a mistake, especially for those investors who need the portfolio protections silver can offer without having to pay the exorbitant price gold mandates now.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • State leaders often point to climate targets, mandates, and litigation as evidence of leadership.
    Tom J. Pyle, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Welfare states.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20states. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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