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Recent Examples of block grant
An optional Medicaid block grant.
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John C. Goodman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
In addition to the ARPA funds, the city awarded another $777,000 in community development block grant and other sources to SDC for neighborhood improvement, homebuyer counseling and job training.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
One proposal suggests that the funding should be converted into block grants – which have fewer rules and federal oversight requirements.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Located between two Waukegan Housing Authority projects near downtown with a large percentage of low-income seniors, the city of Waukegan awarded a $60,000 block grant to the Waukegan Park District to improve Besley Park.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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John C. Goodman, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
In addition to the ARPA funds, the city awarded another $777,000 in community development block grant and other sources to SDC for neighborhood improvement, homebuyer counseling and job training.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
One proposal suggests that the funding should be converted into block grants – which have fewer rules and federal oversight requirements.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Located between two Waukegan Housing Authority projects near downtown with a large percentage of low-income seniors, the city of Waukegan awarded a $60,000 block grant to the Waukegan Park District to improve Besley Park.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for block grant
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Document the encounter and seek assistance as soon as possible.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cursor’s desktop application gained popularity last year for providing coding assistance by drawing from Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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For instance, sources said the office was investigating allegations that disaster aid workers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency had skipped over houses that displayed signs supporting Trump during the 2024 election.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trump had repeatedly hinted that a future peace deal would include Ukrainian territorial and political concessions and be twinned with the curtailment of U.S. aid to Kyiv.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
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This week, a federal antisemitism task force announced a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts, worth nearly $9 billion, as the university faces an investigation into campus antisemitism, and Princeton University confirmed dozens of its research grants have been halted.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The ready-to-wear award went to Rachel Scott of Diotima, which received a grant and access to a Google mentorship program created in partnership with FTUS.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Block grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/block%20grant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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