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the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare
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Recent Examples of welfare
Behavioral health, traditional healthcare, education, and even child welfare all operate in silos—leaving individuals and their caregivers to act as the glue.
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Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Others are concerned about food safety, animal welfare, and sustainability.1
Outbreaks like the recent bird flu can also lead to egg shortages.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Despite all of the attention on why people should eat less meat—climate change, health, animal welfare—Americans have kept consuming more and more of it.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
The Alaska Department of Public Safety State Troopers division said in a news release that 38-year-old Lillian Johnson was arrested on a first-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Others are concerned about food safety, animal welfare, and sustainability.1
Outbreaks like the recent bird flu can also lead to egg shortages.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Despite all of the attention on why people should eat less meat—climate change, health, animal welfare—Americans have kept consuming more and more of it.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
The Alaska Department of Public Safety State Troopers division said in a news release that 38-year-old Lillian Johnson was arrested on a first-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare
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Besides real estate, the family’s Sinar Mas group has interests in mining, paper mills, financial services, telecommunications, and agribusiness.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Prospective clients can register their interest via an application form on the Case Study: Adapt website, casestudyadapt.org.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
27 Mar. 2025
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Historically, child labor laws have been implemented to protect young workers from unsafe conditions and excessive hours, ensuring their education and well-being are not compromised.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Whether attending a festival or a private gathering, individuals should prioritize their well-being and that of those around them.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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With the playoffs so close, supporters want Brown to focus on his longer-term health.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The funding losses, Shaffer said, challenge the department’s ability to protect vulnerable residents and respond to emerging health threats.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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So that was a very conscious call, along with the choice of basing it in a particular weather, which is monsoon, because the characters don’t really have any happiness or sunshine in their life.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2025
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To no longer be complicit in surrendering her life to the sport at the expense of her happiness.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The former solicitor general under President George W. Bush recommended that the judge dismiss the case for good.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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President Trump announced a 25% tariff on all goods from any country doing business in the U.S. that also imports oil from Venezuela.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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All of this was done not to make cuts for the sake of cutting (like DOGE's bull-in-a-china-shop undertaking), but to substantially improve government's performance.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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For the sake of rinsing themselves of the issue long-term, the Dodgers will exercise caution.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Of course, the value (and advisability) of such a potent check depends on the quality of the state actors involved, and in the United States, agency officials are highly trained, relatively diverse, and demonstrably devoted to the public weal.—
Jon D. Michaels,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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When economic distress reaches a certain point, the individual citizen no longer uses his political power to serve the public weal, but only to help himself.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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The Kansas chapter has done similar projects in the past with success, said executive director Denise Cyzman.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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For Tui, who spent time in the United States playing in the Premier Rugby Sevens competition, such success hasn’t happened by chance.—
George Ramsay and Amanda Davies,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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