food stamp
noun
: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food
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Today, all people think about Medicaid or food stamps is that people are too lazy to work, and just want handouts.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
After all, Coca-Cola and Pepsi didn’t become Fortune 500 companies just because people on food stamps like their products.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Facing unified opposition to the package from Democrats, who see the GOP package as a tax giveaway to the wealthy paid for by reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other vital government services, Republicans are struggling to resolve their differences and craft a final product.
—Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Their plan would literally take food from the mouths of children, cutting food stamps for as many as 40 million people at a time of unprecedented food prices.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
After all, Coca-Cola and Pepsi didn’t become Fortune 500 companies just because people on food stamps like their products.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Facing unified opposition to the package from Democrats, who see the GOP package as a tax giveaway to the wealthy paid for by reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other vital government services, Republicans are struggling to resolve their differences and craft a final product.
—Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Their plan would literally take food from the mouths of children, cutting food stamps for as many as 40 million people at a time of unprecedented food prices.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for food stamp
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“Food stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20stamp. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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