: assistance (such as economic aid) provided by one nation to another
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This year the American foreign-assistance agency, USAID, which provided about $44 billion in foreign aid in 2023, was abruptly told to stop its work, then was shut down, and its diminished responsibilities transferred to the State Department.—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 18 Dec. 2025 Europe, where austerity measures and mounting fiscal constraints have tightened foreign aid budgets, is unlikely to pick up the slack.—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Development assistance and poverty solutions have not appeared in the administration's new foreign aid strategy so far.—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025 Committee leaders tried to help people reclaim their homes, to distribute foreign aid and to identify and commemorate sites of Nazi war crimes.—Wendy Z. Goldman, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid
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