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welfare

[wel-fair] / ˈwɛlˌfɛər /


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Fifa have acknowledged that hot weather could be an issue and, as part of their "commitment to player welfare", have introduced mandatory three-minute cooling breaks in each half of every match for the tournament.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Seizing on the 1996 welfare reform act, the Giuliani administration started an ambitious workfare program.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A remarkable dividend of the new approaches to crime and welfare, one with only anecdotal rather than social-science evidence, was a dramatic thaw in race relations, as fear and resentment abated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"This action supports the welfare of American children by exacting real consequences for child support delinquency under existing federal law," the department said in a statement.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Although we were the poorest family on Little Hobart Street, Mom and Dad never applied for welfare or food stamps, and they always refused charity.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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