means of support
noun phrase
: a way to pay for the things that one needs to live : source of income
She has no visible means of support.
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Without those means of support, millions of Americans wouldn't have the financial option of higher education.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
On Monday, a federal jury in Florida ruled that Chiquita knowingly provided substantial assistance to the militant group in the form of cash payments or other means of support, to a degree sufficient to create a foreseeable risk of harm.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
Sharone also discusses broad policy changes that could help disable the unemployment stigma trap, such as strengthening social safety nets and doing more to decouple health care and other means of support from employment.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
International aid groups provide food and other means of support to about 63% of people in Gaza.
Israel stopped allowing deliveries of food, fuel and other supplies to Gaza’s 2.3 million residents on Oct. 10, 2023, and is reportedly preparing for a ground invasion.
—Topher L. McDougal, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
Officials are projecting a $538 million budget deficit next year, with spending pressured by inflation and a surge in asylum seekers who have arrived in Chicago with no money or means of support.
—Isis Almeida, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
Yet Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team has an opposite reputation for proposing more extensive and effective means of support to Ukraine, for moral and geopolitical reasons.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
But his chief means of support is a small recording studio that’s a losing proposition.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
Patients would receive screenings, safety risk assessments, guidance from mental health professionals, assistance in alcohol and/or drug withdrawal, and other means of support.
—George Wiebe, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
On Monday, a federal jury in Florida ruled that Chiquita knowingly provided substantial assistance to the militant group in the form of cash payments or other means of support, to a degree sufficient to create a foreseeable risk of harm.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
Sharone also discusses broad policy changes that could help disable the unemployment stigma trap, such as strengthening social safety nets and doing more to decouple health care and other means of support from employment.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
International aid groups provide food and other means of support to about 63% of people in Gaza.
Israel stopped allowing deliveries of food, fuel and other supplies to Gaza’s 2.3 million residents on Oct. 10, 2023, and is reportedly preparing for a ground invasion.
—Topher L. McDougal, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
Officials are projecting a $538 million budget deficit next year, with spending pressured by inflation and a surge in asylum seekers who have arrived in Chicago with no money or means of support.
—Isis Almeida, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
Yet Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s team has an opposite reputation for proposing more extensive and effective means of support to Ukraine, for moral and geopolitical reasons.
—Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
But his chief means of support is a small recording studio that’s a losing proposition.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
Patients would receive screenings, safety risk assessments, guidance from mental health professionals, assistance in alcohol and/or drug withdrawal, and other means of support.
—George Wiebe, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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“Means of support.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/means%20of%20support. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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