- plural of food stamp.
food stamps
Example Sentences
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These were not first responders, but they kept the city running by doing things like making sure hungry people got their food stamps.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Most of the people who are getting food stamps are needy,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
She said monitoring their use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, which are used for food stamps or unemployment, could be a way to assign a rating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
By and large the Milagro lawyer’s articles had been fairly innocuous—generalized summaries of welfare problems, advice on how to pay less income tax, on how to apply for and receive food stamps.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
