welfare states

plural of welfare state

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare states
Noun
  • This design enables the metamaterial to switch between open and closed states when triggered by a magnetic field.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the Federal Trade Commission and seven states are filing suit against the concert giant for allegedly violating the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act by knowingly collaborating with secondary market brokers to spike ticket prices.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Among the highlights was a first edition of The General Historie of Virginia by John Smith, detailing early English settlements in North America, including Jamestown and the arrival of the Mayflower.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The settlements come weeks after a Florida jury ordered Tesla to pay $243 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the victims of another fatal 2019 crash of a Model S that was equipped with Autopilot.
    Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His comments were sharply criticized by Arab and European nations.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In August, the State Department announced its plans to provide $93 million in new food aid to 13 countries, many of them African nations, Semafor reported.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Although there were agreements signed to reduce the tax burden on companies investing in the two countries, the central element was the announcement of £1 billion worth of export finance to support British companies engaged in energy and healthcare projects in the Latin American country.
    Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty African countries set new records for the imports of solar panels in the past year.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In late July, EGLE launched a public comment period for the wetlands and submerged lands permit required by Enbridge.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Adulthood, which also stars Billie Lourd and Anthony Carrigan, lands in select theaters on Friday, September 19, 2025, before heading to digital on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And eight provinces enjoy a life expectancy of 80 years, said Chinese National Health Commission chief Lei Haichao.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The ban will cover five provinces – Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Balkh – in the north of the country, which encompasses the population centers of the region.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Projects on land owned by transit agencies face even stricter mandates of 25%.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, the Supreme Court has said that agencies should not interpret statutes broadly and has left it up to Congress to clearly and explicitly articulate mandates.
    Dan Riskin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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