AEGISES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

aegises

noun

variants also egises

plural of aegis

as in safeguards

means or method of defending having no claim to the land under the aegis of the law, the cattle baron decided to claim it by force

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as in auspices

the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking a medical study that was questioned by many because it was done under the aegis of a major pharmaceutical company

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Noun

Given that humans at OpenAI had decided to turn off some safeguards for the test, some have argued the outcome should not have been terribly surprising.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Additional safeguards can slow their work and require more computing resources, creating tension between safety and performance.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of safeguards

Noun

And yet, when fate brings us together with someone in a completely unexpected way, our defenses collapse.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 23 July 2026
The incident also suggests that cybersecurity defenses designed to stop human hackers may be outmatched by AI agents capable of searching for vulnerabilities and acting at machine speed.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of defenses

Noun

The reality is that Australia’s protections are designed to improve over time in three ways.

— Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
Her platform prioritizes policies focused on human rights such as pathways to citizenship, access to medical care, more affordable housing and protections for LGBTQ Kansans, according to her website.

— Sofi Zeman July 17, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of protections

Noun

The walls, ceilings and kitchen are next, along with the windows.

— Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Believing the Trojan Horse to be a peace offering, the officers drag the hollow figure inside the city walls and place it outside the Temple of Athena, which leads to Troy’s harrowing downfall hours later.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 July 2026

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