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Recent Examples of welfare state
With Kuwait’s economy shrinking for two straight years and oil prices below breakeven levels, reducing the number of citizens can help ease the burden on the country’s generous welfare state.
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semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
What took shape instead were President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and the broader suite of Great Society programs—a sweeping expansion of the American welfare state, though one that stopped short of the jobs guarantee that Rustin, King, and Randolph had deemed essential.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Even the most generous welfare states do very little to defray those costs.
—New York Times, 24 July 2025
This is a key reason why the current U.K. Government’s attempts to reform the welfare state, which are putting it at odds with some of its own MPs and supporters, are so crucial.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
What took shape instead were President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and the broader suite of Great Society programs—a sweeping expansion of the American welfare state, though one that stopped short of the jobs guarantee that Rustin, King, and Randolph had deemed essential.
—Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Even the most generous welfare states do very little to defray those costs.
—New York Times, 24 July 2025
This is a key reason why the current U.K. Government’s attempts to reform the welfare state, which are putting it at odds with some of its own MPs and supporters, are so crucial.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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Add in offbeat museums, thriving art and culinary scenes in Providence, and seasonal highlights like the WaterFire bonfires, and Rhode Island proves that small states can deliver big experiences.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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And while CarChex service contracts are available in all 50 states, CarShield does.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 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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Above all, China fears that its unpredictable and often aggressive client state could spark a military conflict with South Korea and the United States, potentially dragging Beijing into a second Korean War.—
SHUXIAN LUO,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2025
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English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Last season’s winners Paris Saint-Germain had players from eight different nations in their starting line-up.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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What's Next The government faces steep socioeconomic and cultural headwinds that have frustrated other nations, and whether ending the two-child policy will make a significant difference on the trend remains uncertain.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sunday is International Overdose Awareness Day, and those who frequent the Boston Common have already witnessed the memorial to lives lost in the commonwealth.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Courier Journal previously reported that mosquito season is getting longer in the commonwealth.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
30 Aug. 2025
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YouTube also paid a $170 million fine as part of the settlement.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The settlement resolved a complaint alleging the health center had illegally laid off more than 50 workers without bargaining with their union.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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For a generation of students who’ve grown up tethered to devices, and the parents who often modeled that dependency, this change won’t be easy.—
Elan Gepner-Dales,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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To meet these rising demand for batteries, researchers must achieve breakthroughs in performance, safety, and cost efficiency to reduce the dependency on critical minerals.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Ladapo announced that Florida would be working to end all vaccine mandates in the state.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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Venice chief Alberto Barbera staying put Prior to Venice, rumors began to swirl about who might replace artistic director Alberto Barbera, whose current mandate expires after the 2026 edition.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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