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Recent Examples of welfare state
But four years after voting for leftwing former student leader Gabriel Boric to become the country's youngest ever president with a mandate to expand the welfare state in Chile, this race looks radically different.
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NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The middle class does face crushing rents, but New York also operates what is vastly the largest welfare state of any city in the country.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
But that will undermine growth, strain public finances, and erode Europe’s capacity to fund its prized welfare state.
—Jonathan Portes, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The socialist appeared to agree with the iconic free-market economist Milton Friedman that unregulated immigration was incompatible with a welfare state, but for opposite reasons.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The middle class does face crushing rents, but New York also operates what is vastly the largest welfare state of any city in the country.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
But that will undermine growth, strain public finances, and erode Europe’s capacity to fund its prized welfare state.
—Jonathan Portes, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The socialist appeared to agree with the iconic free-market economist Milton Friedman that unregulated immigration was incompatible with a welfare state, but for opposite reasons.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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The year started with a four-day streak of 70-degree highs; however, Oklahoma will soon see temperatures dip a bit into the mid-50s and 60s at the start of next week, with some parts of the state expecting snow.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
9 Jan. 2026
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The state also offers options for annual landowner/tenant trapping and youth trapping licenses.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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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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Indeed, this tragedy reflects the deep strain being felt in countless communities across our nation.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Illinois passed a first-in-the-nation law addressing this issue in 2024, and both red and blue states are exploring similar solutions.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's administration is starting the new year with the goal of making the commonwealth's roads safer.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
2 Jan. 2026
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Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will be the first woman and the first former CIA officer to lead the commonwealth.—
December 22,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
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Since the jury decision in 2022, the township has been accruing interest on the unpaid settlement.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Since January 2024, JCPS attorneys have reached settlements in more than 40 lawsuits, with the district agreeing to nearly $14 million in payments.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Jan. 2026
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Nearly a decade ago, McDaniel was diagnosed with depression and developed a psychological dependency on alcohol, it has been widely reported.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Take the legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, who told my colleague Diane Brady onstage that America is developing a dependency on a tiny cohort of high-level workers, specifically those in tech.—
Kristin Stoller,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The pause grants the White House more time to argue its case against the mandate, which critics say could have strained federal resources, while supporters viewed it as essential to safeguarding food security for millions of low-income Americans.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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That 5-million-square-foot sorting and handling site temporarily closed midweek due to a cargo plane crash on location, already causing shipment delays ahead of the FAA mandate.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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