How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In other words, the vast majority of the people on food stamps aren’t working.
    — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
  • 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
  • Childs filled their pockets with food stamps and sent them undercover.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Authorities at the time said Lynch was killed by three female friends who wanted access to her boyfriend’s food stamps.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2019
  • For a time, Morris shared a bed with his brother in their relatives’ home, and the family went on food stamps when their father was laid off.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The adequacy of food stamp benefits has long been a question.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Mark Jerrell, county commissioners vice chair, said the market will open its doors in the next year, and will accept food stamps.
    — Luke Fountain, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024
  • The starting pay for guards is so low, those with families are eligible for food stamps.
    — Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Brazen food stamp scammers steal millions from L.A.’s poorest.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The two parties also disagree on a proposal to increase food stamp benefits by 15% for the next four months.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The revision would limit food stamps to households that have received at least $50 a month in TANF benefits for at least six months.
    — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • No military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children … [or] have to wait weeks to see a doctor or mental health specialist.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • 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

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