welfare

In a sentence

Six example sentences with welfare, each labelled with its topic.

• Custody decisions turn on the welfare of the child, not on which parent presents the more polished household.

  Law

• The sanctuary measures the welfare of its elephants by herd behavior rather than by weight charts alone.

  Environment

• The union bargained for the welfare of players, winning longer rest between road games and a doctor on every trip.

  Basketball

• The ward measures a patient's welfare by sleep, appetite and mood, not by the numbers on the monitor alone.

  Medicine

• Economists who study welfare ask whether growth actually leaves households happier, not merely richer.

  Economics

• The study tracked the welfare of children who changed schools, noting friendships and sleep as well as grades.

  Psychology

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More Academic words

• attribute
• activate
• environment
• removed
• inclined
• prohibit
• valid
• subjective
• outcome
• compute
• coherent
• version