social services
Britishplural noun
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Other research has shown that inequality can increase poverty, reduce opportunities to move up the SES ladder, and limit access to education, employment, and social services.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
In some cases, it might even have made them worse: raising demand, and therefore prices, for things like housing and adding pressure on social services like healthcare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In France, which includes social services for people leaving the sex trade, data shows that of 2,102 people who have gone through an exit program since 2017, 91% are now employed elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
And experts in city law and social services say the policies he has advanced — including mandatory treatment and arrests — face huge legal, financial and practical hurdles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Rosa had turned his family against him and left him—a scrawny orphaned eight-year-old—at the mercy of social services.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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