How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

noun

• That’s the model that programs such as food stamps are based on.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
• The other 25 stores did not report any food stamp sales.
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2018
• 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
• 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
• The alleged food stamp fraud lasted from July 2015 to the month of Jordan’s death.
  — Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• 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
• My mom didn’t come here to collect money or to collect food stamps.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 20 June 2018
• 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
• In other words, the vast majority of the people on food stamps aren’t working.
  — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
• Many teachers take on second (or third) jobs to make ends meet, Hernández-Mats said, and some even apply for food stamps.
  — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 30 Oct. 2017
• 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
• The bill would change how much of a person’s budget can factor into the daily food stamps allowance.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2018
• The vote was a blow to GOP leaders, who had hoped to tout its new work requirements for recipients of food stamps.
  — Andrew Taylor, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
• Fremonts ranks low on lists of cities with families who live in poverty and receive food stamps.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• With no family or resources in the Alamo City, Guzman applied for food stamps.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2017
• 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
• This is nothing compared to raising four kids on food stamps, working three jobs, moving from home to home.
  — Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• For a time, the three lived with their 24-year-old cousin in a one-bedroom apartment in Ellicott City, who worked three jobs and applied for food stamps to make ends meet.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 10 May 2018
• Senate passes its version of farm bill, setting up clash over food stamps.
  — Fox News, 29 June 2018
• But the wider concern was the possible end of assistance, like food stamps, which would increase demand on her organization.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
• Trump officials said the freeze wouldn't affect programs like Medicare, Social Security, student loans and food stamps but gave mixed messages about the full impact.
  — Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025