welfare state

noun

Definition of welfare statenext
as in state

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Recent Examples of welfare state Critics question whether billionaires would support the massive redistribution needed to fund an AI welfare state. — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 22 May 2026 That poison ought to have its wish to secede from the union for a year or two and see how well the red welfare states do without blue state economies. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026 Continue reading … WILLIAM BENNETT — California's welfare state is a fraud machine. — FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Only the return to a lower-tax state that embraces free markets and eschews a massive welfare state can stop the bleeding. — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for welfare state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
  1. state
  2. trust territory
  3. client state
  4. nation
  5. commonwealth
  6. settlement
  7. dependency
  8. mandate
Noun
  • Keegan had only resigned from Newcastle in January, leaving Tyneside in a state of despair.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Moving too much water from a basin can negatively affect downstream environments, which is why large transfers need state review before approval.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of state
Noun
  • The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
    — Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Definition of trust territory
Noun
  • Trump already has ample ways to profit from office, including from stock trading with the benefit of inside knowledge and by accepting gifts from client states.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • For more than 60 years, pre-revolutionary Cuba endured independence without sovereignty as an American client state.
    — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of client state
Noun
  • All artists that were involved in the event experience gains on charts in several nations, including the United States, as well as on Billboard’s global rosters.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Every nation has the right and responsibility to secure its borders.
    — Ray Watford, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of nation
Noun
  • Ahead of the trial, the commonwealth also filed a motion to admit audio recordings of the 911 call Patrick Clancy made after returning home and discovering his family.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • But Spanberger remains determined in her mission to deliver a more affordable commonwealth to Virginians, touting her signing of the Affordable Virginia Agenda into law in a Friday statement.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
Definition of commonwealth
Noun
  • Her time in office also saw a large amount of legal settlements that were attached to cases that stretched even before her tenure as Chief.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Harry also reached a settlement with the publisher of The Sun last January, which paid an eight-figure sum in damages and issued an apology acknowledging unlawful actions.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of settlement
Noun
  • Why Vendor Dependencies Are An Increasing Risk As enterprises layer more services, integrations and automation into their environments, vendor dependencies, including in AI, become both a necessity and a liability.
    — Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Several Gulf states want to expand pipeline capacity to reduce their dependency on Hormuz.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of dependency
Noun
  • Filtering mandate went too far The famously conservative 5th Circuit appeals court has upheld several Texas laws imposing obligations on websites and online platforms.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • The recycling effort comes as California mandates retailers offer a responsible way for worn textiles to be repurposed, instead of tossed into the trash.
    — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 27 July 2026
Definition of mandate

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