welfare
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Targeted adjustments to the welfare system based on regional differences are also intended to tackle the country’s mental-health crisis, one of the leading causes of youth inactivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Predictions that AI would kill half of all white-collar jobs or create a permanent class of unemployed welfare dependents were always far-fetched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
He ended decades of political dominance by dynastic parties and envisioned a national welfare state modelled on the Islamic golden age of the seventh to 14th centuries, a flourishing period in the Muslim world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It's not clear how this saves significant amounts of money on welfare given it will cost councils money to run the programmes.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mami dressed nicely for the welfare office and insisted that I do too.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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