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Recent Examples of welfare state
And while its social-welfare state was dismantled and degraded, its corporate welfare state survived and thrived, helping create the unequal metropolis Mamdani is called upon to govern.
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Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … OPINION KELLY LOEFFLER – Vast network of Somali nonprofits ripped off Minnesota’s welfare state.
—FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
But why does the modern welfare state magnify the disparity?
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
This pledge boosted morale and provided the template for the postwar welfare state.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
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Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … OPINION KELLY LOEFFLER – Vast network of Somali nonprofits ripped off Minnesota’s welfare state.
—FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
But why does the modern welfare state magnify the disparity?
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
This pledge boosted morale and provided the template for the postwar welfare state.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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Setting an example Leju, a humanoid robot company that established a robot training center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, with state support, has created environments such as an automobile assembly line, a smart home, and an eldercare facility within a 10,000-square-foot ㎡ space.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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This system will decrease the state's snow totals, which sit at about 48% of the current average for this time of the year.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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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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Their client state of Syria is no more.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Hamas and Hezbollah, which have enjoyed Iran’s support, have also been seriously debilitated and there is a new government in Syria that is no longer a client state of Iran.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Salvadoran nationals who were deported from the United States have been arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and have disappeared into the Central American nation's prison system, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Monday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Russian armed forces launched an unprovoked attack on Ukraine in February 2022 that’s believed to have resulted in nearly 2 million casualties between the warring nations.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Kay Scarpetta is, like many protagonists of these sorts of stories, a remarkable and mythical investigator, returning to her old job as chief medical examiner of the commonwealth of Virginia in order to spend more time with her grieving niece, Lucy (DeBose), who has lost her wife.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Thousands of backers have cheered him on at rallies around the commonwealth, while each of those events were met by crowds of protesters.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Mar. 2026
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But what October 7th did was create the political possibility that the most extreme version of settlements, which had been on the shelf for many years, could be accelerated and pushed past the finish line.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Testimony was put on hold for a week for more settlement negotiations, but with no breakthrough in sight, Judge Arun Subramanian said Friday the trial would resume.—
Larry Neumeister,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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What follows is a slow unraveling as love curdles into manipulation and dependency.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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The most immediate relief available is a pivot away from HBM dependency toward commodity DRAM architectures engineered specifically for AI’s requirements.—
Sha Rabii,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Many current biofuel mandates trace their origins to the 1970s energy shock, while the US Energy Independence and Security Act followed a 2007-08 price spike, said Dr Timothy Deehan, a senior oil analyst at LSEG.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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Speaking on the Tucker Carlson Show following his resignation from the NCC, Kent said his office initially pursued leads related to possible foreign connections in the case, which fell within its mandate.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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