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Recent Examples of welfare state
Now, based on some of their comments and policies, the party’s vision for the country is for less consumption, fewer choices, a bigger welfare state, a larger manufacturing sector and cheaper drugs.
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Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2008, the year of the global financial crisis, Merz published a book arguing that Germany should cut back its welfare state, deregulate its economy, and encourage people to buy more stocks instead of letting their savings languish in bank accounts.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
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Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
In 2008, the year of the global financial crisis, Merz published a book arguing that Germany should cut back its welfare state, deregulate its economy, and encourage people to buy more stocks instead of letting their savings languish in bank accounts.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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If the water levels continue to drop, they will be placed under Tier 2 restrictions, which could see the water allocations for each state being limited.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Seventeen people in 13 states have also gotten sick as a result of the outbreak.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.—
Lloyd Axworthy,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2024
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Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.—
Michael M. Phillips,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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In recent weeks, an air of crisis has enveloped the United States’ relationship with Israel—Washington’s closest ally and client state in the Middle East.—
ALUF BENN,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2025
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To secure an export corridor for Sudanese goods, Abu Dhabi has sent cargo flights full of powerful weapons, drones, and armored vehicles to the RSF via its client state (and Sudan’s western neighbor), Chad.—
Mai Hassan,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Apr. 2025
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Despite the order, he was arrested and deported in March after Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which allows officials to expedite deportations of citizens of an enemy nation during periods of invasion or wartime.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
25 June 2025
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Fighting a nation of hope is a game that ends in ashes for its enemies.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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As a first-time offender of operating a vehicle under the influence, Read will serve just one year of probation, Judge Beverly Cannone ruled – a sentence endorsed by the commonwealth’s prosecutors.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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One of the most notable differences between the two trials was who did not appear at the second: Michael Proctor, the former Massachusetts state trooper who was the lead investigator in the case and the commonwealth's star witness the first time around.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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According to a 2024 analysis by the law firm Morgan Lewis, less than half of a percent of second requests were subject to settlement under the Biden administration, a sizable decrease from 1.04% during the first Trump administration and 1.42% during the second Obama administration.—
Ross Marchand,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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So my feeling is that there was never any real attempt on the part of the U.S. to follow up on that and actually try to negotiate some kind of diplomatic settlement here.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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The original promise of the Israeli state was to end, once and for all, the dependency and the powerlessness of an exilic people who had suffered antisemitic persecution for centuries—a dark history that reached its nadir in the Nazi death camps.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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Still, the country has a long way to go to cut its dependency on China in some key areas, Backeberg told CNBC.—
Sam Meredith,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Failure to acquire the additional capacity would mean HSBC’s return-to-office mandate could be dead on arrival, with thousands of staff unable to find desk space at the bank’s buildings.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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The ruling Friday marked a major win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state and the poster-sized displays would isolate students -- especially those who are not Christian.—
Democrat-Gazette staff,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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