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nan·ny ˈstate N inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

fig this leftward leap to a nanny state is a mistake
dieser Ruck nach links hin zu einem Fürsorgestaat ist ein Fehler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Public health interventions are routinely ridiculed as the interventionist screechings from the nanny state.
theconversation.com
You know the nanny state has overgrown itself when it starts trying to regulate the initiative of enterprising pre-teens.
news.nationalpost.com
I disagree strongly with the imputation that protecting me from being poisoned by lazy, slovenly or tightfisted restauranteurs is a bad thing or evidence of a nanny state.
www.smh.com.au
A growth in the nanny state that further reduces incentive.
schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com
The nanny state has turned into the therapeutic state where nanny has given way to counselor.
en.wikipedia.org
Where we can isolate one or two regulations of the past with similar purpose, the nanny state of the 21st century is expansive and insatiable.
www.abc.net.au
The term nanny state likens government to the role that a nanny has in child rearing.
en.wikipedia.org
Somewhat ironic that the road was paved to satisfy the nanny state safety experts, yet you can practically stand in harm's way during the racing...
www.caradvice.com.au
The influence of the nanny state clouded her contextual understanding of what she was reporting on rather significantly.
www.smh.com.au
More nanny state rubbish from a state govt.
www.smh.com.au

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