as in assuring
to make sure, certain, or safe
regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food
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Recent Examples of ensuring
In hopes of ensuring her dad could still attend the wedding, Courtney and Michael rescheduled the ceremony for May 10 in their hometown in Pennsylvania.
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.
—Anna V. Eskamani, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
But ensuring our democracy endures requires working toward reconciling our individual rights with our responsibilities as collective citizens of a pluralistic society.
—Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
The key is to make one's value legible through outcomes and problems solved, rather than relying on an employer's prestige, ensuring a portable professional narrative that survives career transitions.
—Juliette Han, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Proper care prevents black leaves by ensuring healthy roots, good drainage, and the right environment.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
The event at Co-Op Live on Monday, billed before confirmation of his departure as a chance to celebrate the men’s domestic cup double and the Women’s Super League title, was always about ensuring Guardiola could enjoy a proper, special send-off after a bus parade around the city.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Ethical Shelling Responsible or ethical shelling is being mindful of only taking empty seashells and always ensuring sand dollars, sea urchins, and other creatures are no longer alive before taking them home.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
The parts were produced from a full-sized 1mm acrylic panel, ensuring clean edges and consistent accuracy across the oversized structure.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.
—Anna V. Eskamani, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
But ensuring our democracy endures requires working toward reconciling our individual rights with our responsibilities as collective citizens of a pluralistic society.
—Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
The key is to make one's value legible through outcomes and problems solved, rather than relying on an employer's prestige, ensuring a portable professional narrative that survives career transitions.
—Juliette Han, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Proper care prevents black leaves by ensuring healthy roots, good drainage, and the right environment.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
The event at Co-Op Live on Monday, billed before confirmation of his departure as a chance to celebrate the men’s domestic cup double and the Women’s Super League title, was always about ensuring Guardiola could enjoy a proper, special send-off after a bus parade around the city.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Ethical Shelling Responsible or ethical shelling is being mindful of only taking empty seashells and always ensuring sand dollars, sea urchins, and other creatures are no longer alive before taking them home.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
The parts were produced from a full-sized 1mm acrylic panel, ensuring clean edges and consistent accuracy across the oversized structure.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensuring
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Building inspector approves operations The restaurant posted on Instagram following the incident, assuring customers that the building had been evaluated.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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The company, meanwhile, issued a statement assuring people that the Royal Pop will be available for months.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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That opened the door to the Supreme Court ruling that effectively dismantled a key protection of the Voting Rights Act guaranteeing communities of color a chance at fair congressional districts.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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No Republican filed to run, all but guaranteeing Rabb’s victory in November.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
20 May 2026
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“Ensuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensuring. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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