1
as in defense
means or method of defending
measures taken to beef up our national security
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2
as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise
their house will serve as security for the loan
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as in safety
the state of not being exposed to danger
after the burglaries, police presence in the neighborhood was enhanced to give residents a stronger sense of security
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Recent Examples of security
The sketch then cut to an indoor security-cam shot of him reading Post-its stuck to the fridge.
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Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
The White House said the decision to restrict access to Room 140 was grounded in national security.
—Scott Nover, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2025
At the heart of the formal commitments is a promise that decisions about safety and security must come before financial considerations as OpenAI forms a new public benefit corporation that is technically under the control of its nonprofit OpenAI Foundation.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
But when her husband told her that his father would inherit everything, her sense of security began to crumble.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
The White House said the decision to restrict access to Room 140 was grounded in national security.
—Scott Nover, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2025
At the heart of the formal commitments is a promise that decisions about safety and security must come before financial considerations as OpenAI forms a new public benefit corporation that is technically under the control of its nonprofit OpenAI Foundation.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2025
But when her husband told her that his father would inherit everything, her sense of security began to crumble.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security
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Their talks are expected to cover tariffs, regional security and Japan’s defense spending, all points of tension in recent months.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra Prabhat, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, is a tech and defense journalist.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths, in particular, became a key sticking point, and earlier guarantees of a free-flowing rare-earth market never materialized.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other federal employees, though, didn’t even get a guarantee of any payment.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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This week, air traffic controllers with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, a labor union and aviation safety organization, demanded the end of the shutdown and handed out leaflets.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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The findings come as businesses and governments weigh the economic promise of AI against regulatory and safety concerns.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Its criminal activities include drug trafficking, arms trafficking, protection racketeering, loansharking, and turf wars against other criminal organizations in the area.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The fire activated the building’s fire protection sprinklers on the 12th, 13th and 14th floors, and the water caused a power outage, according to the fire department.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Institute for Policy Studies’ 2025 report, The Giving Pledge at 15, highlights that Laura and John were the only participants technically in compliance with the pledge since signing in 2010.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Over the past few months, the president has doubled down on his pledge of mass deportations, with escalating crackdowns in Latino neighborhoods in cities such as Chicago.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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All workers have protections, with those over 40 having additional safeguards under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA).—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The woman who said Butler had manipulated her faith to abuse her as a teen blamed the Assemblies of God’s lack of safeguards for enabling him.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Possession of ammunition without an FID card.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Security.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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