welfare state
Example Sentences
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The country created a welfare state that provided nationals with universal healthcare and education.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“I call this the social welfare state of two. We’ve privatized dependency within marriage.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
In the wide-ranging interview, Jackson also cited the role of the welfare state in supporting his "incredible single mum" who was studying while bringing him and his siblings up.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
By this argument, belief in demonic magic ought not to have declined until there was a general improvement in living standards, and perhaps not until the development of the welfare state.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
