How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

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• Tipped workers in the city are twice as likely to live in poverty and use food stamps as the rest of the city’s workforce.
  — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• Millions fewer on food stamps, about 4 million fewer, 4 million new jobs.
  — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
• While pursuing her law degree, Haaland made ends meet with the assistance of food stamps.
  — Jessica Militare, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2018
• Four million fewer people on food stamps, 4 million new jobs are created.
  — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
• But enrollment in food stamps among the migrant population is still dropping.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Nov. 2018
• The incident occurred at a city agency’s office that administers food stamps.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2018
• Walker pushed for Medicaid work requirement waivers and waivers to drug test food stamp recipients.
  — Aaron Rupar, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018
• Democrats will control what legislation even gets onto the floor—which likely won’t include tax cuts to the rich, or cuts on Medicaid or food stamps.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Nov. 2018
• Kansas requires able-bodied adults receiving both food stamps and cash assistance to work at least 20 hours a week, look for work or enroll in job training.
  — John Hanna, The Seattle Times, 4 Dec. 2018
• My parents and later I, as a single mother, benefitted from social programs like food stamps and medical cards.
  — Bobi Conn, TIME, 25 July 2024
• About 40 million Americans receive food stamps, more than double the number 20 years ago, and the figure isn’t falling.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2018
• Their earnings are so low that 40 percent of drivers qualify for Medicaid, and about 18 percent qualify for food stamps.
  — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
• That’s the model that programs such as food stamps are based on.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
• Those who don't are are limited to three months of food stamps over three years.
  — Sophia Tareen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
• Our last month of being on food stamps was just seven years ago.
  — Stephanie Land, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Growing again Part of the drop in use of food stamps was due to a booming economy.
  — Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2020
• Total enrollment in the food stamp program grew over the course of the pandemic.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2023
• An expansion of the food stamps program ended this year.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 July 2023
• Meanwhile, our farmer friends should not complain about those on welfare or food stamps; the tariffs put them in the same boat.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
• In the Bronx, Diana Ramos was struggling to find her next meal after the city took weeks to approve her request for food stamps.
  — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Ten of the spots are set aside for low-income families, who get twice the value for food stamp dollars.
  — Markian Hawryluk, CNN, 3 Aug. 2019
• My family relied on food stamps (EBT) when my dad died at 48.
  — Fox News, 7 Dec. 2019
• For starters, the nation’s food stamp program would allow for more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• That means households of three making $3,600 a month or less are now able to receive food stamp benefits.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
• Fremonts ranks low on lists of cities with families who live in poverty and receive food stamps.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• There were stories of athletes living in their cars and subsisting on food stamps.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
• This is the party that invented work requirements for food stamps.
  — Kathryn Anne Edwards, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• That’s the philosophy that makes some Americans bristle at the idea of Medicare for all, or cheer on cuts to food stamps.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 16 Dec. 2019
• The car’s male passenger, 38, of Cleveland, was found to be wanted on a felony warrant for food stamp trafficking.
  — cleveland, 27 May 2021
• The brothers were poor — using Social Security checks to cover rent, and food stamps for food.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024