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the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare
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Recent Examples of welfare
Deputies were initially dispatched to the 400 block of Wavecrest Road on March 29 for a welfare check and a child protective services case, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM EDT
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Casey DeSantis touts Hope Florida as a way off welfare.
—Stephen M. Dowell, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
And so, if cheap goods were the answer -- if cheap goods were going to make Americans real wages, real welfare better off, then real incomes would have gone up over that time.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
Lakewood Police Department officers were called to Snowbird Apartments, 3336 S. Ammons St., at 11:46 a.m. Tuesday for a welfare check and found a man dead from a stab wound in the living room and a woman dead in another room.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Originally Published: April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM EDT
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Casey DeSantis touts Hope Florida as a way off welfare.
—Stephen M. Dowell, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
And so, if cheap goods were the answer -- if cheap goods were going to make Americans real wages, real welfare better off, then real incomes would have gone up over that time.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025
Lakewood Police Department officers were called to Snowbird Apartments, 3336 S. Ammons St., at 11:46 a.m. Tuesday for a welfare check and found a man dead from a stab wound in the living room and a woman dead in another room.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare
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On Thursday, the government posts its latest inflation data, which could play into the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually, helps set interest rates for just about any loan, including credit cards and mortgages.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
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According to the announcement, Season 55’s curriculum will focus on emotional well-being, helping children learn accessible strategies to comprehend and cope with big feelings through fun, lighthearted, relatable, and engaging stories.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ameer explained these insights can be critical to patients' well-being.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2025
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When using commercial pet food recommendations, always adjust based on your pet's age, activity level, and health status.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Biden administration received intense criticism of an intentional effort to hide his health decline.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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To no longer be complicit in surrendering her life to the sport at the expense of her happiness.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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So that was a very conscious call, along with the choice of basing it in a particular weather, which is monsoon, because the characters don’t really have any happiness or sunshine in their life.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2025
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View Comments Then there are President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods, that could raise the prices of electronics, though more than half of Nintendo devices imported to the US now come from Vietnam and Cambodia, according to the Financial Times.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Canada vowed Tuesday to respond with retaliatory tariffs if Trump slaps additional levies on Canadian goods.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Comments The stars of The Last of Us season 2 remain wary of slipping any spoilers, especially for the sake of anyone who hasn't played the video games.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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For the sake of his career and his love life, Gaitok decides to shoot Rick in the back, abandoning his value system.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Of course, the value (and advisability) of such a potent check depends on the quality of the state actors involved, and in the United States, agency officials are highly trained, relatively diverse, and demonstrably devoted to the public weal.—
Jon D. Michaels,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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When economic distress reaches a certain point, the individual citizen no longer uses his political power to serve the public weal, but only to help himself.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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The Kansas chapter has done similar projects in the past with success, said executive director Denise Cyzman.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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For Tui, who spent time in the United States playing in the Premier Rugby Sevens competition, such success hasn’t happened by chance.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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