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[wel-fair] / ˈwɛlˌfɛər /


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Welfare offices became “job centers” and set welfare recipients to painting park benches, raking leaves and cleaning courtrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The project is a collaboration between the university hospitals of Helsinki, Kuopio and Turku, Hatanpää Hospital in Tampere, Hospital Nova in Jyväskylä and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Chris Newman, director of the National Centre for Reptile Welfare, said Evie probably saved Dippy's life when she discovered it.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Before working for the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Amster was executive director of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter and served on the board of the California Animal Welfare Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

As I walked toward the Cook County Bureau of Public Welfare to plead for bread, I knew that I had come to the end of something.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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