ensured

past tense of ensure
as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food

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Recent Examples of ensured In a first vote of confidence towards ATO SpA in July, the Florence Court greenlit the lease of the e-tailer’s business operations to LVR Srl, a newco established and promoted by the same investors, which has ensured business continuity until now. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 The Postal Service has mostly ensured the timely delivery of hundreds of millions of ballots, even as mail volume overall has dropped 50% from its high in 2006. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026 The property beyond the street was reforested farmland, protected under a program that ensured it could never be used for anything but a farm. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026 Eleanor began stitching it together and, after her death in 2024, at the age of 87, Sofia ensured it was finished. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Lincoln’s leadership and the supreme sacrifices of some 420,000 United States soldiers had ensured the United States survived as one nation, indivisible. — Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026 The proper form would have been to ask for agreement on the leftovers — or order one item directly to-go, which would have ensured your husband did not go hungry, even if your siblings still were. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 But in order to make the most of the experiment, scientists ensured a second spacecraft would follow DART at a more leisurely pace. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The lack of sub-zero temperatures this winter — which marked the state’s lowest snowpack on record — ensured their survival. — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Trantalis says people can now rest assured that the yellow water problem is a thing of the past.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Audiences have been assured that two big final episodes lie ahead, including by season one competitor Mohammed, who caught up with THR this week.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
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  • But in 2003, Republicans in the state legislature resolved, at the urging of Representative Tom DeLay, to redraw the state’s districts all over again in a manner guaranteed to deliver a handful of congressional seats to the Republican Party.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Dimensional, smooth, and an absolute delight to look at, calf hair also brings with it the benefit of longevity, meaning the Coach handbags above are guaranteed to stay in tip-top shape for years (if not decades) on end.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Ensured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensured. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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