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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This level of legal conflict between the judicial and executive branches has not been seen since the courts ruled against some of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal policies in the 1940s.
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Khel Gordhan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Beginning amid the New Deal and continuing into the Second World War, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were ostensible allies, Russian intelligence recruited dozens of people inside or close to federal agencies to steal information and spy on policymakers.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1930s with the New Deal, Congress passed many laws granting broad regulatory authority to executive branch agencies.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
The Warners were stalwart supporters of FDR and his popular New Deal, and the studio worked hard to sympathize with the plight of everyday Americans during the Great Depression.
—Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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Khel Gordhan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Beginning amid the New Deal and continuing into the Second World War, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were ostensible allies, Russian intelligence recruited dozens of people inside or close to federal agencies to steal information and spy on policymakers.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1930s with the New Deal, Congress passed many laws granting broad regulatory authority to executive branch agencies.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2025
The Warners were stalwart supporters of FDR and his popular New Deal, and the studio worked hard to sympathize with the plight of everyday Americans during the Great Depression.
—Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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