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food stamp
[ food stamp ]
noun
- any of the coupons formerly sold or given under a federal program to low-income Americans and redeemable for food, as at grocery stores or markets: replaced by electronically deposited benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
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Origin of food stamp1
Example Sentences
Athletes have reported relying on food stamps, racking up credit card debt and resorting to crowdfunding to make it to the Games.
“Lawmakers could repeal President Biden’s unlawful food stamp expansion entirely. But if Congress did not want to repeal the increase for existing enrollees, it could at least temporarily pause future benefit hikes,†the report states.
She had escaped an abusive marriage to musician Ike Turner at the end of the 1970s, but the divorce left her penniless, living off food stamps and playing ill-conceived cabaret shows to pay her debts.
Trump added Medicaid and other noncash programs to the traditional roster of cash programs such as food stamps as signs the recipients would become a public charge.
Some Trump voters who rely on benefits, like Steve Tillia, who receives $1900 in social security and food stamp payments, are more optimistic about cuts to the departments that help them make ends meet.
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