state aid
noun
: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution
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Kehoe’s stadiums proposal would allow Missouri to offer state aid to pay for up to 50% of new or upgraded stadiums for the two teams.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
In response, California created its own version of the program to provide state aid to immigrants legally present in the U.S. who are not eligible for the federal version of the program.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 13 May 2025
If state aid isn’t forthcoming, the city could still find other ways to eliminate positions without laying off workers.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
In state after state, the data show 70 percent of voucher recipients are not switching from public to private but were already attending private schools without state aid.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
In response, California created its own version of the program to provide state aid to immigrants legally present in the U.S. who are not eligible for the federal version of the program.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 13 May 2025
If state aid isn’t forthcoming, the city could still find other ways to eliminate positions without laying off workers.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
In state after state, the data show 70 percent of voucher recipients are not switching from public to private but were already attending private schools without state aid.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for state aid
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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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