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social welfare an examination of a person's physical or social, rather than financial, circumstances, to determine whether he or she is eligible for a particular welfare benefit or serviceCompare means test

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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Words nearby needs test

needlework, need like a hole in the head, needling, needn't, needs, needs test, needy, Néel, Néel point, neem, Neenah

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“The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.
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But the other thing that needs to be done is for us citizens to do.
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Ney said McDonnell needs to “keep a stiff lip” and stay in close contact with family members.
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Following the Apatow references, Marge informs Homer that she needs to use the “Porta Potty.”
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The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
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Urbanity ushers in water that needs no apology, and gives a zest to the worst vintage.
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Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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In one sense, then, the new issue has adequate expansibility for ordinary needs.
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The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
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