Thesaurus results for STATE AID

state aid

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as in foreign aid

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Recent Examples of state aid In 2023, as county executive, Crowley helped spearhead a bipartisan deal in the Legislature that sent more state aid to Milwaukee and local communities. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Win for America is also spending heavily on races in Pennsylvania, where there was a push to raise taxes on the online sports betting industry to boost state aid for public transportation, election records show. — Dawn Kopecki, USA Today, 28 July 2026 The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and political dispute over state aid to the California’s refineries, could affect Newsom’s presidential ambitions. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 Videberg Kraft was the first to apply for state aid in December. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for state aid

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Noun

Bajracharya, however, said he was told the funding was cut because of changes to US administration priorities on foreign aid and cuts to USAID.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Musk’s officials infiltrated department after department, canceling contracts, firing employees, viewing sensitive data, and kneecapping programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as foreign aid.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of foreign aid

Noun

Industries such as healthcare and social assistance (+28,400) continued to add jobs while local government education (+41,900 jobs) reversed a large loss from July (-57,500).

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
In mid-2025, for example, Congress clawed back nearly $8 billion in foreign assistance funds.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of assistance

Noun

In the days since, a flood of deals have been announced to bring Chinese robotaxis, laptops, AI models, and data centers to the kingdom — while putting the competition for tech dominance between China and the US into stark relief.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The sound of the transfer window closing always brings a certain relief.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026