financial aid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of financial aid
First recorded in 1770–80, for an earlier sense
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At Colby College in Maine, he received a scholarship that came with an academic stipend, alongside financial aid that covers his entire tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
She wants to make student services easier to navigate and to strengthen financial aid and other support, including for food, housing, child care and mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The figure represents financial aid associated with potentially fraudulent accounts, not confirmed losses.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The government also vowed to adjust student financial aid for inflation and by 2028 scrap Parcoursup, a centralized platform that manages college applications and that students say is too stressful and opaque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
All the colleges I applied to accepted me, but none offered me a scholarship or any other financial aid.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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