Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare states
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The entrepreneurs making millions have figured out how to build entire businesses inside their flow states.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
On Monday, parts of New South Wales and South Australia states hit record temperatures, some exceeding records set during a destructive summer of forest fires in 2019.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thousands more victims have filed lawsuits on their own or pursued settlements out of court.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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With payments of settlements and legal fees, except in clear physical injury cases, most defendants do duplicate reporting, so that a check payable jointly to plaintiff and lawyer will be 100% reported to the plaintiff, and 100% reported to the lawyer.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Ukraine has urged African nations to halt the flow of men to Russia’s ranks.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The decision to oust both nations from the Olympics follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, just days after the end of the Beijing Games, which featured the then-Russian Olympic Committee.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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As long as the flight takes off and lands, the transaction feels complete.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The rule prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on nearly 45 million acres of national forest lands, including those in northern Wisconsin.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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London’s Natural History Museum teamed up with an international judging panel of photography, wildlife, conservation and science experts to select 24 images from a total 60,636 entries submitted from 113 countries.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Smithsonian has been studying and conserving Asian elephants for more than 50 years, both at the National Zoo and across elephant-range countries in Asia.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Its provinces, including Albacete, form part of what is known as ’empty Spain’, given their inhabitants often move from the countryside to the big cities for work.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Nearly half of the country’s provinces missed their growth targets in 2025, and only one has raised its goal for 2026.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Safe harbor provisions could protect companies that implement reasonable bias testing and impact assessments from liability, creating incentives for responsible development without imposing contradictory mandates.—
James Richardson,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Del Pozo said the mandates in place that stipulate who can be notified under confidentiality laws when a psychiatric patient is discharged are very clear.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Welfare states.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20states. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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