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Recent Examples of welfare state
That leaves less to invest in training and technology to enhance productivity and deliver the economic growth — and tax revenues — required to maintain welfare states.
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Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Wolf argues for more equality of opportunity and investment in the welfare state.
—Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Left-wing voters in France are angry at Macron for his reforms to the country's welfare state, among other issues.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Wolf argues for more equality of opportunity and investment in the welfare state.
—Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Left-wing voters in France are angry at Macron for his reforms to the country's welfare state, among other issues.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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With these financial incentives, the DOJ effectively guided state sentencing policies.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Four months ago, the administration of Mayor Eric Adams seemed to be in an irreversible state of crisis.—
Emma G. Fitzsimmons,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 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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The French leader and summit host, Emmanuel Macron, also trumpeted a decidedly pro-business message—underlining just how eager nations around the world are to gain an edge in the development of new AI systems.—
Billy Perrigo/Paris,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Oklahoma Read Next Florida Three ‘booming’ Florida cities rank among nation’s hottest suburbs.—
Simone Jasper,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Since the first legal bets were placed in the commonwealth in 2021, Virginians have placed the most bets in the fall and winter, per an Axios review of the data.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Shapiro's is rooted in a series of strategic investments designed to tackle the commonwealth's most pressing issues, from economic development to public safety and education funding.—
Claire Dickey,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Yes, but: A city attorney earlier this month told the council that Cantrell believes the city can't afford to pay the lawsuit settlement and wants to renegotiate, reports The Times-Picayune.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The county also has paid tens of millions of dollars in legal settlements to the families of people who died in jail and to other people like Greer who suffered life-altering injuries while in custody.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the deeper transformation of supply chains that policymakers envisioned — rebuilding domestic manufacturing capacity and reducing dependencies on China — remains largely unrealized.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
8 Feb. 2025
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In interviews, several recognized the need to streamline its bureaucracy, and even questioned an aid system that relies so heavily on American contractors and fosters a damaging culture of dependency among African governments.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Charlotte Ledger newsletter first wrote about Belk’s return-to-office mandate.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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The metropolitan area straddles Arkansas – which had a school vaccine mandate in place – and Texas, which didn't.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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