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Recent Examples of welfare state
That leaves less to invest in training and technology to enhance productivity and deliver the economic growth — and tax revenues — required to maintain welfare states.
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Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Wolf argues for more equality of opportunity and investment in the welfare state.
—Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Left-wing voters in France are angry at Macron for his reforms to the country's welfare state, among other issues.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Wolf argues for more equality of opportunity and investment in the welfare state.
—Daron Acemoglu, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Left-wing voters in France are angry at Macron for his reforms to the country's welfare state, among other issues.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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The Jaguars made three straight Class 2A state appearances from 2007 to 2009, finishing as the state runner-up in 2008.—
Tom Schardin,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Federal and state government agencies began banning the use of TikTok on official devices starting in 2022.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.—
Lloyd Axworthy,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2024
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Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.—
Michael M. Phillips,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech.—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Feb. 2025
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But Assad’s fall (and Russia’s indifference to the collapse of his regime) suggests that concern for Syria or any other client state has been subjugated by Putin to his overriding focus on dealing Ukraine a decisive defeat.—
Alexander Baunov,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Dec. 2024
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In a market overwhelmingly dominated by U.S. fare (usually above 80%), last year’s dearth of Hollywood titles inevitably hurt the theatrical market of the smallest Nordic nation, which dropped 5.8% in box office to ISK 1.6 billion ($11.4 million), and 9.8% in admissions to 904,809.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
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As the fifth largest economy in the world that boasts Silicon Valley, Hollywood, world-class beaches, and ski slopes, California exerts an over-sized impact on the entire nation from a cultural, societal, and economic perspective.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Since the first legal bets were placed in the commonwealth in 2021, Virginians have placed the most bets in the fall and winter, per an Axios review of the data.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Shapiro's is rooted in a series of strategic investments designed to tackle the commonwealth's most pressing issues, from economic development to public safety and education funding.—
Claire Dickey,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, borrowers with loans subject to the settlement's provisions should see their collection efforts halted.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Those fears have been compounded by far-right members of Israel’s government who support rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew troops and settlers from in 2005.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the deeper transformation of supply chains that policymakers envisioned — rebuilding domestic manufacturing capacity and reducing dependencies on China — remains largely unrealized.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
8 Feb. 2025
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In interviews, several recognized the need to streamline its bureaucracy, and even questioned an aid system that relies so heavily on American contractors and fosters a damaging culture of dependency among African governments.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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That same mandate could also reopen the door to millions of acres of federal land that became off limits to hunters during the Biden Administration.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers this legislative session also have pushed to prohibit government mask mandates, like those enforced during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help stop the spread of disease.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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