New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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The climate crisis presents an opportunity for a jobs program on the scale that the U.S. hasn’t seen since the New Deal.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Many of them sponsored the Green New Deal Resolution in the U.S. House and the Senate.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The Green New Deal is a climate-change policy initiative supported by congressional Democrats starting around 2019.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Desperate to find a way to compete with F.D.R., a political colossus who had lately engineered the New Deal and ended the Great Depression, Willkie challenged him to a series of radio debates.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Many of them sponsored the Green New Deal Resolution in the U.S. House and the Senate.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The Green New Deal is a climate-change policy initiative supported by congressional Democrats starting around 2019.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Desperate to find a way to compete with F.D.R., a political colossus who had lately engineered the New Deal and ended the Great Depression, Willkie challenged him to a series of radio debates.
—The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
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