welfare states

plural of welfare state

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Noun
  • As of the group’s November meeting, the state had already received more than $158 million in funds paid by pharmacies and manufacturers of opioids in litigation settlements.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Gaza withdrawal Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon led a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, uprooting all troops and 21 settlements from the territory.
    Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The plan, reported in January in The Age newspaper, has been floated by the three most powerful and richest cricket nations - India, Australia and England who would be part of a top tier consisting of seven teams.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Our goal should be free trade with free nations.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After all, investment from China is expanding even in countries that fear Chinese power.
    Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Diggins added individual silver and bronze medals in Beijing in 2022, giving her a hand in three of the four Olympic medals ever won by Americans in a sport ruled by the Scandinavian countries and Russia.
    Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down.
    David Ljunggren, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Whatever the reasons for the casting decisions, the Roman empire really did house people of innumerable ethnicities in provinces ranging from Scotland to Arabia.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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