public welfare

Example Sentences

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That, they argued, would boost public welfare by cutting pollution and reducing highway congestion and accidents.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

In July 1945, he published a report to the president titled “Science: The Endless Frontier,” writing that “scientific progress is essential” to promote national security and public welfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Third, they should expand public welfare to help cash-strapped consumers to buy plant-based products.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024

Finland is well known for its high social spending - 29% of GDP went on public welfare in 2022 - but balancing the books has become a big issue in the run-up to the vote.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2023

But Vanderbilt seems to have no patent on the phrase, or if he had it is being infringed today by men who have as little regard for the public welfare as he himself had.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by Foster, William Z.