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单词 food stamp
释义

food stamp

noun

: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The food stamp program, which had been the target of cuts and restrictions by the Trump administration, is considered among the most effective anti-poverty programs. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022 The package provides more than $350 billion to states and local governments, territories and tribes, extends a 15% boost to food stamp benefits through September and offers billions of dollars in aid to struggling renters and homeowners. Maegan Vazquez, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021 The $83 billion invested in Afghan forces over 20 years is nearly double last year’s budget for the entire U.S. Marine Corps and is slightly more than what Washington budgeted last year for food stamp assistance for about 40 million Americans. Robert Burns, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021 The plan also provides $1,400 stimulus payments and temporarily enhances unemployment and food stamp benefits, among other measures. Tami Luhby, CNN, 22 June 2021 Biden’s administration also said Friday that formula maker Abbott Laboratories committed to give rebates through August for a food stamp-like program that helps women, infants and children called WIC. Hartford Courant, 13 May 2022 That gathering produced the school lunch program, food stamp expansion, improved nutrition labeling, and other policies. Harold Maass, The Week, 5 May 2022 Adults without a Social Security number don’t qualify for state and federal food stamp programs. Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022 Although many consumers have gotten a boost from rising wages, rounds of federal stimulus during the pandemic, and expanded food stamp and child tax credit benefits, there are signs that rising prices are changing their buying patterns. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 14 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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