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Recent Examples of welfare state
This will be painful since many of Europe’s governments are already struggling to balance the books and are under extreme pressure to maintain their popular welfare states.
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Stephen Collinson, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Most states would have to sacrifice bits of their welfare state, or borrow heavily, or tax even more heavily, to fund such an increase.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
It should be said, though, that, with regard to NATO, the Europeans for decades have relied too heavily on American guarantees while shortchanging their own armies and funding their welfare states.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Stephen Collinson, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Most states would have to sacrifice bits of their welfare state, or borrow heavily, or tax even more heavily, to fund such an increase.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
It should be said, though, that, with regard to NATO, the Europeans for decades have relied too heavily on American guarantees while shortchanging their own armies and funding their welfare states.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
Brügger, who’s made a specialty of exposing corruption, human rights, and law-violating kingpins, sees an opportunity to question the myth of Denmark as the least corrupt country in the world, a welfare state supposedly built on trust.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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The Census Bureau’s data for 2023, aggregated across all quarters, showed total state and local tax revenue of approximately $1.4 trillion.—
David Moon (Junseo Moon),
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The principle is rooted in the separation of powers and states that Congress cannot delegate its legislative powers to executive branch agencies.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 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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In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech.—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Feb. 2025
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But Assad’s fall (and Russia’s indifference to the collapse of his regime) suggests that concern for Syria or any other client state has been subjugated by Putin to his overriding focus on dealing Ukraine a decisive defeat.—
Alexander Baunov,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Dec. 2024
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And in this battle, U.S. platforms are increasingly leaning on American laws to challenge other nation’s regulations.—
Camille Grenier,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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Universities are our nation’s most important sources of ideas, science and the search for truth.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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If Spanberger or Earle-Sears wins the general, the commonwealth would have its first female governor.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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While the Caribbean commonwealth of Puerto Rico is renowned for its pristine beaches, there’s a wealth of natural wonders to explore in the island’s interior as well.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Their home was covered by flood insurance, Mills said, but the insurance settlement will fall far short of what’s needed to rebuild and properly flood-proof the property.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Mar. 2025
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Net settlement proceeds total $20.4 million, after deducting $7 million for legal fees, penalties tied to Cantu’s claim under California’s Private Attorneys General Act, and other costs.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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Reducing this dependency, especially at outdoor events or in regions with limited access to cooling infrastructure, could cut carbon emissions.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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In deep tech, scaling internationally is often a necessity due to fragmented regulatory landscapes and supply chain dependencies.—
Pierrick Bouffaron,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In hiring, that most often is hiring quotas for diverse talent or diversity representation mandates that prefer some groups over others.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Anger over federal overreach swelled during the COVID-19 pandemic as mask requirements and vaccine mandates clashed with individual liberties, said Don Kettl, professor emeritus and former dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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