welfare state
Example Sentences
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One is the welfare state launched by the War on Poverty in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In the wealthy nation of six million people, the campaign has instead focused on domestic issues, including inflation, the welfare state and high nitrate levels in water from agriculture.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
He has spoken in favour of the welfare state.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
By this argument, belief in demonic magic ought not to have declined until there was a general improvement in living standards, and perhaps not until the development of the welfare state.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
