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as in contract
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason
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as in sponsor
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back
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as in assurance
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety
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Recent Examples of surety
The purveyors of the bonds, called surety companies, reported seeing bond increases of more than 200 percent.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 17 Feb. 2026
Norton is being held on a $20,000 cash or surety bail and will next appear in court on March 10 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2026
He was released on $5,000 surety, which requires a defendant to post 10% in cash or the full amount in property.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The return from injury of their best defender, Gleison Bremer, has brought an authority and surety that was lacking.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 17 Feb. 2026
Norton is being held on a $20,000 cash or surety bail and will next appear in court on March 10 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2026
He was released on $5,000 surety, which requires a defendant to post 10% in cash or the full amount in property.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
The return from injury of their best defender, Gleison Bremer, has brought an authority and surety that was lacking.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surety
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DaQuan Jeffries came off the bench to score 15 points 48 hours after signing a 10-day contract under a hardship waiver.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Products used in the NICU help win hospital contracts, and hospital contracts help establish brand loyalty, according to court records.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Biden in his final days in office removed Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror and issued a six-month waiver for Cuba from the embargo.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Among the biggest is Pebble Beach Food & Wine, April 9-12, with Palo Alto Networks as a big corporate sponsor of the Tasting Pavillion for 2026.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic wanted assurances from the Pentagon that its AI chatbot would not be used for mass domestic surveillance or to operate fully autonomous weapons.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Voters need more than voluntary assurances from tech companies, Sanders said Wednesday.—
Matthew Daly,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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And the mayors want a guarantee that $1 billion will be in future budgets every year.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tehran’s conditions include a demand for guarantees that the US and Israel won’t resume their attacks, reparations for war damages and recognition of its authority over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported today.—
Jennifer Duggan,
Bloomberg,
25 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, the lawsuit contends that while LaBeouf’s attorneys were still aggressively pursuing their position and seeking monetary compensation from Barnett, a partying LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans on assault charges for allegedly punching two bar patrons.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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Although admission to the daytime stages is free, passes are for sale that allow patrons into VIP areas at these locations and offer priority admission to the Chevy Riverfront Stage, which is the biggest concert area short of Nissan Stadium.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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For now, there is but one certainty—that the hopes and lives of Iranians don’t matter.—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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While systems’ responses to crises typically seek to impose order and certainty, art creates spaces where uncertainty and ambiguity are embraced rather than denied.—
Jane M. Saks,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Past grand juries have issued reports raising awareness of shady land deals, questionable legislative appropriations and officials slow-walking public records requests.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sinema, meanwhile, served from 2019 to 2025 and helped clinch a Biden-era bipartisan gun safety deal.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Starting in 1931, Franklin Roosevelt articulated a governing philosophy that recast the federal government as a guarantor of economic security for ordinary Americans, establishing the bedrock of the modern Democratic brand.—
Richard Yanowitch,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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When legislation is framed as fulfilling a divine mandate, the state risks becoming an instrument of a particular faith rather than a neutral guarantor of liberty.—
Brielle Miller,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Surety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surety. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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