public welfare

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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

Prosecutors in that case alleged that as a Human Services Agency worker, Fuentes approved Badillo’s applications for public welfare programs and failed to disclose her relationship to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Under Japan's Religious Corporations Law, a religious order can be dissolved if its actions are "clearly recognised as being substantially detrimental to public welfare".

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

All public services to be conducted by the commune; these to be considered as public conveniences and necessities, and not to serve a mere pecuniary interest, but to be run as the public welfare demands.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.