How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

noun

• That’s the model that programs such as food stamps are based on.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
• Those who don't are are limited to three months of food stamps over three years.
  — Sophia Tareen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
• Our last month of being on food stamps was just seven years ago.
  — Stephanie Land, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Tipped workers in the city are twice as likely to live in poverty and use food stamps as the rest of the city’s workforce.
  — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• Growing again Part of the drop in use of food stamps was due to a booming economy.
  — Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2020
• Total enrollment in the food stamp program grew over the course of the pandemic.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2023
• An expansion of the food stamps program ended this year.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 July 2023
• Meanwhile, our farmer friends should not complain about those on welfare or food stamps; the tariffs put them in the same boat.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
• In the Bronx, Diana Ramos was struggling to find her next meal after the city took weeks to approve her request for food stamps.
  — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Ten of the spots are set aside for low-income families, who get twice the value for food stamp dollars.
  — Markian Hawryluk, CNN, 3 Aug. 2019
• My family relied on food stamps (EBT) when my dad died at 48.
  — Fox News, 7 Dec. 2019
• For starters, the nation’s food stamp program would allow for more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• In other words, the vast majority of the people on food stamps aren’t working.
  — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
• That means households of three making $3,600 a month or less are now able to receive food stamp benefits.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
• Fremonts ranks low on lists of cities with families who live in poverty and receive food stamps.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• There were stories of athletes living in their cars and subsisting on food stamps.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
• This is the party that invented work requirements for food stamps.
  — Kathryn Anne Edwards, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• That’s the philosophy that makes some Americans bristle at the idea of Medicare for all, or cheer on cuts to food stamps.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 16 Dec. 2019
• The car’s male passenger, 38, of Cleveland, was found to be wanted on a felony warrant for food stamp trafficking.
  — cleveland, 27 May 2021
• Childs filled their pockets with food stamps and sent them undercover.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• Authorities at the time said Lynch was killed by three female friends who wanted access to her boyfriend’s food stamps.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 15 Sep. 2019
• For a time, Morris shared a bed with his brother in their relatives’ home, and the family went on food stamps when their father was laid off.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• The adequacy of food stamp benefits has long been a question.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
• Mark Jerrell, county commissioners vice chair, said the market will open its doors in the next year, and will accept food stamps.
  — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024
• The starting pay for guards is so low, those with families are eligible for food stamps.
  — Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2019
• Brazen food stamp scammers steal millions from L.A.’s poorest.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The two parties also disagree on a proposal to increase food stamp benefits by 15% for the next four months.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
• The revision would limit food stamps to households that have received at least $50 a month in TANF benefits for at least six months.
  — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2019
• No military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children … [or] have to wait weeks to see a doctor or mental health specialist.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
• My parents and later I, as a single mother, benefitted from social programs like food stamps and medical cards.
  — Bobi Conn, TIME, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024