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welfare

[wel-fair] / ˈwɛlˌfɛər /


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In 1969, two women who would become collaborators, Mary Wesley and Alversa Beals, brought Duncan to a meeting of the Clark County Welfare Rights Organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The project is a collaboration between the university hospitals of Helsinki, Kuopio and Turku, Hatanpää Hospital in Tampere, Hospital Nova in Jyväskylä and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Before working for the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Amster was executive director of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter and served on the board of the California Animal Welfare Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The paper, titled “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” also said audits of taxpayers with incomes below the median yielded only $5.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

I also give my consent for my children and my children's children, etc., to continue in this experiment until such time as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare deems it to be complete.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth




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