antipoverty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of antipoverty
Example Sentences
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It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
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.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
That’s called refundability in tax jargon, and it’s key to making the tax credit work as an antipoverty measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Today multiple forms of exploitation have turned antipoverty programs into something like dialysis, a treatment designed to make poverty less lethal, not to make it disappear.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
But this explanation only antagonized foes of the antipoverty group.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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