welfare state

noun

Definition of welfare statenext
as in state

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Recent Examples of welfare state This is more typical of European societies with traditions of a strong welfare state, where institutions such as public service broadcasting and press subsidy systems are justified in these terms. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 That poison ought to have its wish to secede from the union for a year or two and see how well the red welfare states do without blue state economies. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026 Continue reading … WILLIAM BENNETT — California's welfare state is a fraud machine. — FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Only the return to a lower-tax state that embraces free markets and eschews a massive welfare state can stop the bleeding. — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for welfare state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
  1. state
  2. trust territory
  3. client state
  4. nation
  5. commonwealth
  6. settlement
  7. dependency
  8. mandate
Noun
  • But at a hearing in May, Judge Steele granted the state’s request for access to Woods’ prescription drug records.
    — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That year, five states carried out nine executions in the month of May.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of state
Noun
  • The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
    — Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Definition of trust territory
Noun
  • Trump already has ample ways to profit from office, including from stock trading with the benefit of inside knowledge and by accepting gifts from client states.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • For more than 60 years, pre-revolutionary Cuba endured independence without sovereignty as an American client state.
    — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of client state
Noun
  • Tiani had pledged to improve security in the Sahel nation, a major uranium producer, but jihadist attacks have persisted.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Rescue teams in Nepal have located 187 tourists after deadly landslides ripped through the Himalayan nation on Wednesday, local officials said Saturday, with around 3,000 people still missing on both sides of the Nepal-China border.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of nation
Noun
  • And that is our plan here in the commonwealth now with the strictest requirements in the entire country.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nine students, represented by their guardians, along with four nonprofit groups, have sued Massachusetts, saying the commonwealth had denied schoolchildren the right to an adequate education and to equal protection under the law.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of commonwealth
Noun
  • Apart from the penalty, Meta agreed as part of the settlement to algorithmic changes that could dampen engagement and the effectiveness of its advertising, dampening investor sentiment toward the resolution of the case.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The legal fees are part of the final phase of the yearslong court battle after the pair reached a settlement in May.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of settlement
Noun
  • As our need for critical minerals continues to rise, the funding reflects national support in decreasing foreign dependency.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Among the major economies Goldman studied, a one percentage point increase in the dependency ratio reduces real private consumption growth by around 3 basis points a year.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of dependency
Noun
  • Softer labor figures would justify a balanced approach at the Warsh Fed, leading the committee to take the employment side of the institution's dual mandate into consideration, effectively loosening financial conditions.
    — Justina Lee,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • University of Pittsburgh researchers studied RTO mandates at big public companies and found no gain in financial performance — just a drop in employee satisfaction.
    — Lori Janke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of mandate

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