Thesaurus results for HEDGED

hedged

verb

past tense of hedge

as in weaseled

to avoid giving a definite answer or position kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter

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as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the prison was hedged by a high stone wall

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Recent Examples of hedged The coach confirmed Salah’s availability at Thursday’s news conference, but hedged on exactly what that might look like. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Khan has lately hedged any talk of a digital transformation. — Mike Goldstein, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026 The reality, by the document's own account, is more hedged. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 EasyJet has also hedged 70% of its summer fuel, leaving the remaining 30% vulnerable to volatile fuel prices. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 6 May 2026 Some within the Republican Party have said Florida should aggressively redraw its map to counter Virginia, although others have hedged. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Marquees in the 1960s pitched violent revenge movies like Bonnie and Clyde but also hedged with Mary Poppins. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026 The departure of Matt Roy was hedged somewhat by the signing of Joel Edmundson two summers ago, but replacing Vladislav Gavrikov and Jordan Spence with Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci while Drew Doughty, 36 and in his 18th season, grays and frays has proven highly counterproductive. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 18 Apr. 2026 Even countries that have increased coal production since the war started have hedged their bets. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

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Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of housed

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The three-level boat’s main deck and lower deck were both enclosed, according to Toczko.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

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Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of waffled

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While no official cause of death has been released and no charges have been made in Wells’ case, his death sparked racial tensions and widespread scrutiny after photos showed Wells surrounded by White friends while on the trip.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Like its rooms, all three restaurants face the ocean; don’t miss dinner at the Ocean Grill, where you’ll be surrounded by three walls of 30-foot-tall floor-to-ceiling windows.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of surrounded

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Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

Definition of ducked

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Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

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