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Recent Examples of welfare state
The same goes for Brenda Blethyn, so effortlessly affecting as a wife and mother reduced to becoming a client to the welfare state, a degradation that Colleen just can’t begin to tolerate.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Now, based on some of their comments and policies, the party’s vision for the country is for less consumption, fewer choices, a bigger welfare state, a larger manufacturing sector and cheaper drugs.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Now, based on some of their comments and policies, the party’s vision for the country is for less consumption, fewer choices, a bigger welfare state, a larger manufacturing sector and cheaper drugs.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The two terms have often been used interchangeably, particularly in the postwar era of democratic welfare states.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
But that does not seem to be the case in Denmark, for example, which has one of the most comprehensive and generous welfare states in the world.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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On Thursday, Brown said 500 emergency personnel from across the county and state have been working around the clock on rescue and recovery since July 5.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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While some visited from hours away and neighboring states, Zibell and his family live nearby in Sussex.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
25 July 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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That commitment to Marxist-Leninist ideological purity damaged the KGB’s analytical performance: the agency routinely underestimated the resilience of Western cohesion and overestimated the strength of Soviet client states and revolutionary movements.—
David V. Gioe,
Foreign Affairs,
2 July 2025
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English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Adversarial nations and nefarious hackers are now using AI and MI to discern and exploit vulnerabilities in threat-detecting frameworks.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The ministry said the deal reflects both nations’ commitment to deepening bilateral ties and strengthening trade and investment cooperation.—
Munir Ahmed,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Public broadcasting employees and advocates in the commonwealth have warned networks such as KET and the state's NPR stations are vital to keeping residents of rural Kentucky informed in emergency situations and provide other important local news coverage.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
17 July 2025
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Editor's note: This is not a comprehensive list of every non-bourbon spirit made in Kentucky, but rather a list meant to show the variety of spirits available in the commonwealth.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
17 July 2025
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In 2018, the BBC also removed clauses from settlement deals that stopped individuals from discussing the agreement or the circumstances of their departure.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
29 July 2025
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Roman is confident that his glib ways and expertise in wheeling and dealing can offer the brothers a financial settlement.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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In many developer flows, new dependency versions are downloaded and incorporated into the downstream packages automatically.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Outside help comes as critical co-investment, not handouts creating more dependency.—
Juan Carlos Navarro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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First, the administration asked Congress to revoke the EPA waiver that allows California to set the state's zero-emission vehicle mandate.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
29 July 2025
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While the Israelis have reportedly agreed to move troops farther away from key corridors, some question if Israeli diplomats shuttling to Qatar and Egypt for talks actually have the mandate to negotiate.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
28 July 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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