How to Use state aid in a Sentence

state aid

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  • The first family gets the state aid, but not the second.
    — Mark Sherman, ajc, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The trade body says that the world’s carriers may need $200bn in state aid to stay aloft.
    — The Economist, 19 Mar. 2020
  • That didn’t stop the ECB in 2017 nodding through the lender’s third helping of state aid in less than a decade.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Under the bill, no district can lose more than 6% of its state aid.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 19 June 2020
  • The government says its move is in line with EU state aid rules.
    — Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Some advances have been made on state aid, von der Leyen said.
    — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • More than half the city’s budget was funded through state aid.
    — Jeff Pillets, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The state aid will be available until the funding runs out.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The latest the city may apply for the state aid is Saturday.
    — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 25 June 2018
  • Texas sent the first batch of funds, totaling about $1.3 billion, to schools but cut state aid by the same amount.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 28 May 2021
  • Districts that cannot meet the reopening plan would be allowed to opt out of the state aid.
    — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The city laid off hundreds of workers to address a shortfall in state aid.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The budget would backfill that lost revenue with state aid.
    — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • More than 40 shipyards across 17 states aided in the effort.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 8 July 2019
  • Brown said while the state aid per student has increased over time, the rate has not kept up with inflation.
    — Ben Rodgers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2021
  • More than a month after that visit, state aid does not exist.
    — Franklin Briceño, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The state aid is paid straight to renters’ landlords, and an apartment industry group wants to see the program funds spent faster.
    — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 16 June 2020
  • Founder Terry Gou says the whole project hinges on getting more state aid out of Wisconsin.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • That represents more than one-quarter of the district’s state aid.
    — Laura Pappano, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Previous rounds of state aid have been sent through state agencies.
    — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • The topic of state aid has been one of the biggest obstacles, and even the U.K. has acknowledged the EU has the stronger argument.
    — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The deadline for all types of financial aid is Sept. 3, including the Cal Grant, which is state aid that doesn’t need to be paid back.
    — Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The budget does not increase the rates of the income or sales taxes and includes no reductions in state aid to cities and towns.
    — Christopher Keating, courant.com, 5 June 2019
  • The latest: The clock is ticking, but thorny issues like fishing rights and state aid continue to stand in the way of an agreement.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Monte Paschi previously agreed to cut thousands of jobs to receive state aid in 2017.
    — Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • And that’s despite record state aid delivered in last year’s budget.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 May 2024
  • The issues of state aid and fishing remain sticking points, Eustice said.
    — David Goodman, Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020
  • But neither West nor Phelan specified what kind of proof districts should have to show to get their state aid.
    — Emily Donaldson, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The deadline to apply for federal or state aid is April 2, but experts urge students to aim for March 2.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Judges at the bloc’s General Court found E.U. state aid watchdogs made several errors.
    — Samuel Stolton and Jennifer Duggan / Bloomberg, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024

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