welfare
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The Daily Telegraph says the Labour Party grandee Lord Blunkett wants ministers to slash their own budgets to pay for the welfare reform which is expected to result from Alan Milburn's review of youth unemployment.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
The question is how aggressively he uses his selling skills to convince his crew to tackle the issues Americans want tackled—healthcare, spending, government reform, welfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Newt Gingrich’s minority built a reform agenda on spending, Congressional ethics and welfare reform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
"The crew onboard are reported to be well, and arrangements for their welfare and wellbeing are being managed by the vessel's creditors. There are no passengers on board."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Some people at school—not to mention half the people on Little Hobart Street—were on welfare, and it wasn’t so bad.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Vocabulary lists containing welfare
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony
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