New Deal

noun

: the legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s

also : the period of this program

New Dealer noun

New Dealish

-ˈdē-lish

adjective

New Dealism

-ˈdē-ˌli-zəm

noun

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The sitting President, in his eighties and visibly declining, had to be pressured into leaving the ticket; the Party no longer offers a signature policy at the scale of Obamacare or even a Green New Deal. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 Just like Washington’s efforts failed to significantly alter the economic condition of African Americans, so too did Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s. —

Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 Democrats positioned themselves as the party of the New Deal; the union-supporting party of the American worker. —

Maria Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Roosevelt’s presidency established a new principle in American politics through the New Deal, that government exists to succor all its people, not just the wealthy. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for New Deal