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welfare

[wel-fair] / ˈwɛlˌfɛər /


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On Monday around 12:39 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department conducted a welfare check in the 2600 block of South Alsace Avenue in West Adams, police said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Brazilians involved in capybara welfare tend to agree: Capybaras are wild animals, not pets.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

A senior presidential official has floated the idea of a "national dividend", arguing that excess AI-related tax revenue could be used to support social welfare programmes.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

“Rerum Novarum”—which backed calls for safe working conditions and against the concentrations of wealth—laid the foundation of Catholic social teaching, helping shape the politics and welfare systems of modern Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

When the welfare man sent me to the first foster home, and again when I ended up with the Swerlins in Mason.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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