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

The post of health secretary is a key federal government position that oversees public health issues, including medical research, food safety and public welfare programmes.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 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

Its object was to put an end to the work of a number of commissions which had been appointed by the President, and whose contributions to the public welfare had been simply incalculable.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress