: intended or serving to prevent or alleviate hunger
anti-hunger programs
an anti-hunger organization
Examples of anti-hunger in a Sentence
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Tickets are $30; all net proceeds benefit Be Mighty Little Rock, a citywide anti-hunger campaign.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, cuts to SNAP, our most effective anti-hunger program, would increase food insecurity and household stress.
—Emma Pinter, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Advertisement The Big Soda lobby kicked into high gear to block New York’s request and was joined by its strange bedfellows alliance of anti-hunger groups and their advocates in Washington.
—Arianna Huffington, Time, 25 June 2025
Democrats and anti-hunger advocates warned of significant harm to those in need, with more than 3 million individuals projected to lose food stamp access based on Congressional Budget Office estimates.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
If enacted, the measures would mark a major shift in eligibility and administrative rules for the country's largest anti-hunger program.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
But anti-hunger advocates say that these restrictions will add to negative perceptions of receiving food aid, while also being unlikely to improve recipients' eating habits.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
But public-health and anti-hunger groups argue that any food is better than no food.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2025
As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
Meanwhile, cuts to SNAP, our most effective anti-hunger program, would increase food insecurity and household stress.
—Emma Pinter, Denver Post, 2 July 2025
Advertisement The Big Soda lobby kicked into high gear to block New York’s request and was joined by its strange bedfellows alliance of anti-hunger groups and their advocates in Washington.
—Arianna Huffington, Time, 25 June 2025
Democrats and anti-hunger advocates warned of significant harm to those in need, with more than 3 million individuals projected to lose food stamp access based on Congressional Budget Office estimates.
—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
If enacted, the measures would mark a major shift in eligibility and administrative rules for the country's largest anti-hunger program.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
But anti-hunger advocates say that these restrictions will add to negative perceptions of receiving food aid, while also being unlikely to improve recipients' eating habits.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
But public-health and anti-hunger groups argue that any food is better than no food.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Anti-hunger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-hunger. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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