The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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These were not first responders, but they kept the city running by doing things like making sure hungry people got their food stamps.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
She said monitoring their use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, which are used for food stamps or unemployment, could be a way to assign a rating.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The book includes a 2014 address about Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, that assortment of programs begun in the mid-1960s—Head Start, Medicaid, expanded food stamps and many others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
The old man laid the food stamps on the counter again.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
