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antipoverty
[ an-tee-pov-er-tee, an-tahy- ]
adjective
- designed or directed to reduce or abolish poverty (used especially in describing certain governmental programs).
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Origin of antipoverty1
Example Sentences
They’re invariably aimed at antipoverty programs.
Biden and Harris deployed the 2020 “Build Back Better†slogan as the basis for signature laws that spent trillions of dollars on infrastructure, environmental and antipoverty programs — using their campaign victory as a mandate to help win congressional approval.
Workers who made less than $63,398 last year may qualify for the federal earned income tax credit, which is one of the government’s largest antipoverty programs.
She was a student in one of Chicago’s inaugural Head Start classes, when the antipoverty program, which aimed to help children succeed by providing them a first-rate preschool education, was in its infancy.
That’s called refundability in tax jargon, and it’s key to making the tax credit work as an antipoverty measure.
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