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Recent Examples of welfare state
With time, the appetite for full repeal has waned, especially as Tea Party members who were elected on promises to get rid of the law have been replaced by more populist members of the caucus who are less hostile to the welfare state.
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
This will reduce the pool of working taxpayers who are needed to expand the already bloated welfare state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Sweden, with a long history of liberal immigration policies and a huge welfare state, proudly agreed to take in more than 160,000 refugees in 2015.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
This will reduce the pool of working taxpayers who are needed to expand the already bloated welfare state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Sweden, with a long history of liberal immigration policies and a huge welfare state, proudly agreed to take in more than 160,000 refugees in 2015.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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Matthew McConaughey is opening up about what pushed him to leave Hollywood for his home state, Texas.Charna Flam, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Team Roc’s latest filing continues the organization’s efforts to expose and eradicate the corruption and prejudice amongst public servants in Kansas and other states across the country.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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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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The hunter education marketplace remains lucrative because once a vendor acquires a client state agency, their customers come along essentially for free.Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2024
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In other words, Britain is a client state, albeit a senior one, with certain privileges.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024
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The president of the Pacific Islands nation of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., was returned for a second term after a national election held last week, a final tally by the Palau Election Commission showed Wednesday.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Only 463 chose to die because of a chronic condition, in a nation of 40 million.The Week, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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And the Bluegrass State followed suit this year, as well — Kentucky was the first state called for Trump, with The Associated Press making the call just as polls closed in the western portion of the commonwealth.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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Now, a network of pro-Trump organizations is pouring millions into the commonwealth to increase GOP turnout.Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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There's only one week left to file a claim in the Cash App class-action settlement.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Price’s notice to the sheriff on Friday comes nearly three years to the day after Monk, 45, was declared dead after being found face-down in his cell next to a puddle of urine and uneaten food, according to a lawsuit filed by his family that resulted in a $7 million settlement with the county.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Risks highlighted in the filing include dependency on the success of key drug candidates, potential delays in clinical trials, and reliance on third-party manufacturers.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Guillory's switch to the GOP was driven by his conviction that Democrats have failed, particularly in the Black community, by fostering government dependency instead of empowerment.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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In essence, the Fed has satisfied its dual mandate of keeping inflation and unemployment low.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Last week, over 500 employees signed a letter to the Amazon Web Services CEO, Matt Garman, criticizing the company’s RTO mandate from three days a week to five.Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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