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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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