social assistance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The healthcare and social assistance category—which includes a wide array of jobs, including hospital workers and home-health aides—has been the main engine of jobs growth over the past couple of years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
But the negative print, and a downward revision of 65,000 to December and January payrolls, confirmed there has been little hiring across industries outside of healthcare and social assistance in recent months.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
Healthcare and social assistance have driven almost all the job creation in recent years.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
In the past three years, health and social assistance employment grew by 12.5% while growth in every other job category has been less than 2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
But what favorite dishes were served the captain in those intervening days! and there was one cool evening beside, when the housekeeper had the social assistance of a fire in the Franklin stove.
From Strangers and Wayfarers by Jewett, Sarah Orne
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