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aegises

noun

variants also egises
plural of aegis
1
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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2
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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  1. safeguards
  2. shields
  3. defenses
  4. protections
  5. ammunitions
  6. walls
  7. weapons
Noun
  • Comcast said existing safeguards blocked the fraud attempt and that affected customers' credit and existing services were not impacted.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The company said respondents were selected among internet users in Venezuela and that the survey used geographic quotas and safeguards intended to prevent duplicate responses.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • Some demonstrators cursed at police officers holding riot shields, while others yelled out as passing cars honked in support of the protest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There are also three shields on the top deck, high up where everyone can stare accusatorily at whoever is brazen enough to grab one.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of shields
Noun
  • With plenty to build on considering the way running back Kenneth Walker III’s presence in the backfield is creating crucial dilemmas for opposing defenses that for too long have been able to just predicate everything on stopping Mahomes.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The hastiness helps to explain why the administration’s defenses of the order varied so exotically.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • An eye will need to focus on ethics and lessons from history, as well as from social and political philosophy regarding protections for individuals, communities, domestic and supranational institutions and humanity at large.
    — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The family said the diagnosis likely stems from his racing career — one in which drivers crushed bumpers and raced like gladiators without the safety protections found in the sport now.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ammunitions
Noun
  • The living room is the home’s focal point, according to its listing, with vaulted ceilings, fireplace and walls of glass framing the pool, tennis court, and terraces.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • An action sports area is also planned with trampolines, climbing walls and indoor skate facilities.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of walls
Noun
  • In the long history of artists taking over spaces that once housed the creation of deadly weapons—the Park Avenue Armory in New York, the Arsenale in Venice—Da Corte’s studio was a cannonball factory during the Civil War.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Police also found 11 luxury Rolex watches, along with weapons and drug selling paraphernalia, officials said at a press conference Monday.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of weapons
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“Aegises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aegises. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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