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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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Their client state of Syria is no more.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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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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Once the Olympics get underway, events will run through February 22, with the Closing Ceremony concluding the Milano Cortina Games and handing off the torch to France, host nation of the French Alps 2030 Winter Olympics.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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After nearly two decades of on-off negotiations, the deal will pave the way for India to open up its vast and guarded market to free trade with the 27-nation EU, its biggest trading partner.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Will skies be clear in the commonwealth for the February 2026 full moon?—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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The commonwealth argued these details support a narrative that the scene was staged to mislead investigators.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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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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Davos has long championed cooperation, but cooperation without resilience quickly becomes dependency.—
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The grant money is not guaranteed, but requesting the federal funds is one step in the process to help reduce the village’s dependency on private septic systems or intergovernmental agreements with other companies and communities, village officials said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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As always, the Fed faces its dual mandates for stable consumer prices that will grow at a relatively low and even rate, and for maximum employment, given current economic conditions.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Later, when the Biden Administration issued vaccine mandates, that fight was taken up by rising conservatives such as the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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