How to Use food stamp in a Sentence

food stamp

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  • Our last month of being on food stamps was just seven years ago.
    — Stephanie Land, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Total enrollment in the food stamp program grew over the course of the pandemic.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2023
  • An expansion of the food stamps program ended this year.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 July 2023
  • In the Bronx, Diana Ramos was struggling to find her next meal after the city took weeks to approve her request for food stamps.
    — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • For starters, the nation’s food stamp program would allow for more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That means households of three making $3,600 a month or less are now able to receive food stamp benefits.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
  • This is the party that invented work requirements for food stamps.
    — Kathryn Anne Edwards, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The car’s male passenger, 38, of Cleveland, was found to be wanted on a felony warrant for food stamp trafficking.
    — cleveland, 27 May 2021
  • For a time, Morris shared a bed with his brother in their relatives’ home, and the family went on food stamps when their father was laid off.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The adequacy of food stamp benefits has long been a question.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Brazen food stamp scammers steal millions from L.A.’s poorest.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The two parties also disagree on a proposal to increase food stamp benefits by 15% for the next four months.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The First State's food stamps program has one of the longest windows for issuing payments in the United States — distribution lasts for most of the month.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And everyone is feeling the pain at this point: living on fumes, burning through savings, going on food stamps.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, her mom uses food stamps and a couple dozen dollars left over from government help to feed her three picky eaters.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • In 1939, the federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
  • Increases food stamp benefits by 15% and provides funding to food banks, Meals on Wheels and other food aid.
    — Associated Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The food stamps program in Virginia will send recipients their monthly payments to help pay for groceries within the next three days.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Most delivery platform apps aren’t equipped to accept food stamps as a universal form of payment.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Kentuckians stands to lose $50 million a month in extra food stamp benefits starting in May.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The measure would extend the moratorium on student loan payments until May and would boost food stamp allowances by 15% for four months.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 9 Dec. 2020
  • In addition to the federal 15% boost, states have approved their own increases in food stamp payments.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • According to the latest ruling, more than 6 million people have signed up for food stamp benefits as of May, a 17% increase.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Many of those in need don't have access to basic items such as shampoo, soap and toothpaste, which can be expensive -- and food stamp benefits cannot be used to purchase them.
    — Meg Dunn, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • And the $900 million that Congress approved this year to fund a food stamp program that benefits nearly half of the island’s population has been spent.
    — NBC News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • One issue discovered just last week: The end of the emergency means losing a third of the state’s $23 million monthly food stamp aid from the federal government.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Sue, who works part time at a beauty supply store and receives some financial support from an aunt, gets $459 in food stamps for her son and 9-month-old daughter, but her food stamp card falls short.
    — New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • As the hunger crisis worsened, the federal government stepped in to increase food stamp benefits.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Kroger said that sales dipped from mid-July to mid-August in part because of the end of federal stimulus and a reduction in food stamp benefits.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Despite the rise in unemployment and hardship, the Trump administration had pressed forward in May with its efforts to trim the food stamp program.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2020

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