welfare state

noun

Definition of welfare statenext
as in state

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Recent Examples of welfare state And yet, even though public spending is higher in Norway than most countries, the welfare state is considered by many to be in crisis. — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026 If that shortage persisted, the country’s entire welfare state would be in jeopardy. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 This is more typical of European societies with traditions of a strong welfare state, where institutions such as public service broadcasting and press subsidy systems are justified in these terms. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 That poison ought to have its wish to secede from the union for a year or two and see how well the red welfare states do without blue state economies. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for welfare state
Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
  1. state
  2. trust territory
  3. client state
  4. nation
  5. commonwealth
  6. settlement
  7. dependency
  8. mandate
Noun
  • Advocates tout the measure as the most comprehensive update in a decade to the state's firearms laws.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In both Michigan and Ohio, college and professional football have been a subplot of the toss-up Senate races in each state.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of state
Noun
  • The separatist movement dates back to the early 1960s, when the British Southern Cameroons, a United Nations trust territory previously governed as part of Nigeria’s eastern region, was joined with Cameroon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.
    — Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024
Definition of trust territory
Noun
  • Trump already has ample ways to profit from office, including from stock trading with the benefit of inside knowledge and by accepting gifts from client states.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • For more than 60 years, pre-revolutionary Cuba endured independence without sovereignty as an American client state.
    — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of client state
Noun
  • Sectarian tensions and the disrupting force of the Cold War plunged the Middle Eastern nation into decades of armed conflict, with a chilling effect on daily life.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • And the last independent country in that land before modern Israel, the one Rome conquered, was--wait for it--a Jewish nation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of nation
Noun
  • The indictment, unsealed Thursday, alleges that Lucas and her relatives set up a business to sell marijuana before the substance was legalized for recreational sales in the commonwealth.
    — Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Lucas, 82, has long been a powerful force in Virginia state politics and previously spearheaded the commonwealth's redistricting effort which was reversed by the state's Supreme Court earlier this year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of commonwealth
Noun
  • Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir cast his vote at a polling station in Kiryat Arba, a settlement in the occupied West Bank.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In new measures, the army said most Palestinian workers with permits will not be allowed to enter Israeli West Bank settlements on Sunday and Monday, and crossings into Israel will remain closed until after Israel's elections on Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of settlement
Noun
  • While cost remains extremely important, the exec said brands now evaluate a much wider risk equation that includes lead time, flexibility, traceability, regulatory compliance, geopolitical exposure and dependency on individual production regions.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But providing ongoing financial support can create a cycle of dependency that can delay important milestones and threaten the parents' financial security.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of dependency
Noun
  • The innovation mandate Jejurikar has witnessed many ups and downs at the consumer products behemoth.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Though armed with a strong mandate for change stemming from a convincing election victory, a new government will still encounter a myriad of hurdles along the way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of mandate

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