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Recent Examples of welfare state
The same goes for Brenda Blethyn, so effortlessly affecting as a wife and mother reduced to becoming a client to the welfare state, a degradation that Colleen just can’t begin to tolerate.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Now, based on some of their comments and policies, the party’s vision for the country is for less consumption, fewer choices, a bigger welfare state, a larger manufacturing sector and cheaper drugs.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Now, based on some of their comments and policies, the party’s vision for the country is for less consumption, fewer choices, a bigger welfare state, a larger manufacturing sector and cheaper drugs.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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The Coastal Bend center openly acknowledged using state funds to buy land for a new facility.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
ProPublica,
12 July 2025
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The New York state assemblyman is expected to face strong resistance in his bid for mayor, with New York City’s elite looking to unite behind an alternative candidate ahead of the general election.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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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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That commitment to Marxist-Leninist ideological purity damaged the KGB’s analytical performance: the agency routinely underestimated the resilience of Western cohesion and overestimated the strength of Soviet client states and revolutionary movements.—
David V. Gioe,
Foreign Affairs,
2 July 2025
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English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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But as more women and couples delay parenthood, have fewer babies or don't have children altogether, a growing number of nations around the world — more than 1 in 10 countries — have plunged to levels of childbearing so low that many scientists are worried.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Investors had expected Trump's reciprocal tariffs would go into effect on July 9 for nations that didn't yet strike a trade deal with the U.S., but over the weekend Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the date is now Aug. 1.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
7 July 2025
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In Pennsylvania alone, more than 100 deaths have occurred at three dozen dams across the commonwealth, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Brigham Young University.—
Michele Haddon,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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Crime in the commonwealth is on the low side despite its size.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Wilken would point out the parties negotiated the settlement for more than a year and had ample opportunity to clarify what words meant.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 July 2025
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This emotional approach has proven remarkably effective, generating billions in verdicts and settlements.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Only 5% of companies assess their environmental impacts, fewer than 1% understand their dependencies on nature.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Simultaneously, the labor market is quickly transitioning off its dependency on government and back to the productive private sector.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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And while full five-day in-office mandates are rare—most Fortune 500 companies require workers to be on-site for three days a week, according to Flex Index’s latest report—employers are still asking for more in-person attendance.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For years, California has added significant amounts of renewable energy to its electric grid to meet the state’s mandate to derive 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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