social assistance
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Over the past year, nearly all net job growth has come from healthcare and social assistance, a traditionally female-dominated sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
The latest federal jobs report showed health continuing to play a huge role: jobs in healthcare and social assistance accounted for about 47% of the higher-than-expected 115,000 gain in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The health care and social assistance industries are expected to experience the largest job growth and be the fastest-growing industries, according to the U.S.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Hiring picked up not just in the healthcare and social assistance sectors—which added 89,900 jobs—but also in construction and transportation and warehousing.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
She had kept for some time quite close to Mrs. Dares, having a practical sense of the little lady's valuable social assistance on an occasion like the present, apart from all personal feelings of liking.
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
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