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Many parents have been defeated in their efforts to get help from child welfare departments.

In 2011, only 27 percent of families living in poverty were receiving welfare assistance.

This year, a bare-bones welfare program will continue into the New Year without being updated.

It was a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president that succeeded in passing the welfare reform bill the first time.

Once upon a time Bill Clinton and a bipartisan congressional majority ended welfare as we once knew it.

Feeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional intense longing.

These are obtained easily, whence follow the sinister reports that they give your Majesty, to the harm of the public welfare.

His wife was ignorant of the cause of his staying out so long, and suffered greatly from anxiety about his welfare.

Occasions happen when the removal of directors is essential to the welfare of a corporation.

I am sending this by Wong, as I am watched closely, though he pretends to be looking out only for my welfare.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to welfare, such as: benefit, health, interest, progress, prosperity, and weal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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