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as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter
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as in housing
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 hedging
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
The hedging vocabulary is your diagnostic.
—Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Big carriers often run more fuel-efficient trucks than small operators and have sophisticated fuel hedging strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Approaches such as momentum trading, mean reversion, and hedging can be applied.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Once the contracts roll off, the mechanical buying and selling tied to hedging will fade, potentially leaving Bitcoin more exposed to external catalysts.
—Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
The war will almost certainly accelerate a trend toward strategic hedging that was already underway, with countries turning to China, Russia, and Europe for certain types of arms and partnerships, while deepening their reliance on Washington for others.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
They have long been used in stock and equities markets, often for hedging or mere speculative purposes.
—Malana Vantyler
march 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
The hedging shears with ergonomic grips.
—Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are hedging, delaying, or turning back altogether.
—Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Airports typically store just a few days’ worth of jet fuel, and airlines largely stopped hedging and storing their own fuel in recent years.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Delta appears to be hedging its bets.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Google is hedging its bets on quantum.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The petrostates hedging both sides For Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, this crisis is a warning dressed as a windfall.
—Ezgi Canpolat, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Gates didn't spend the last 20 years hedging his tech exposure with another growth stock.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
As of Thursday morning, the weather service appeared to be hedging its bets for snowfall on Sunday and Monday.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Dominic Volek, group head at Henley & Partners, frames the trend as one of rebalancing and hedging jurisdictional exposure.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
However, investors who are new to the space can only realistically take advantage of the current price surge by hedging, Peterson said.
—Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
The hedging vocabulary is your diagnostic.
—Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026
Big carriers often run more fuel-efficient trucks than small operators and have sophisticated fuel hedging strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Approaches such as momentum trading, mean reversion, and hedging can be applied.
—Felysha Walker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Once the contracts roll off, the mechanical buying and selling tied to hedging will fade, potentially leaving Bitcoin more exposed to external catalysts.
—Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
The war will almost certainly accelerate a trend toward strategic hedging that was already underway, with countries turning to China, Russia, and Europe for certain types of arms and partnerships, while deepening their reliance on Washington for others.
—Frederic Wehrey, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
They have long been used in stock and equities markets, often for hedging or mere speculative purposes.
—Malana Vantyler
march 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
The hedging shears with ergonomic grips.
—Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Both players held personal reasons to come to Chicago, but neither would have bought in without faith that the Sky were committed to winning immediately rather than hedging their bets on the long term.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Many are hedging, delaying, or turning back altogether.
—Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Airports typically store just a few days’ worth of jet fuel, and airlines largely stopped hedging and storing their own fuel in recent years.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
At the same time, Delta appears to be hedging its bets.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
Google is hedging its bets on quantum.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
The petrostates hedging both sides For Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, this crisis is a warning dressed as a windfall.
—Ezgi Canpolat, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Gates didn't spend the last 20 years hedging his tech exposure with another growth stock.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
As of Thursday morning, the weather service appeared to be hedging its bets for snowfall on Sunday and Monday.
—Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedging
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Those arrested included the leader of the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Dogs, Wayne Hsiung, 44, of New York, who was being held on a tentative felony charge of conspiracy to commit burglary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Haig said the tentative plan is to open the Oswego Dutch Bros site in late fall of this year.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Through a complaint drafted by Gary DeVito and other attorneys from Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, Bohm accuses them of fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The second ground is concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Over the past decade, the Avenue has grown from a handful of galleries into one of the central nodes of Dubai’s cultural infrastructure, now housing around 90 creative businesses across repurposed industrial spaces.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Six months into Gaza’s ceasefire, humanitarian conditions remain dire, with aid deliveries plummeting 80% since the Iran war began and vast tent camps still housing most residents.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a recurring visual throughout the season of ants marching forward, their destination uncertain but their movements rote, that is a little too tidy in its metaphor.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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If the bill is approved in the House, the measure would next go to the Senate, where the outcome is uncertain.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During the Thursday earnings call, executives said the company was adding an advanced chip fabrication plant in Tainan, Taiwan, as part of its global capacity expansion efforts.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
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The protective coating acts as a temporary barrier during fabrication, enabling what the researchers describe as nanoscale surgery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Structure information summary Most structures in this region are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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The starts were violent, ground-shaking and painfully loud.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On top lies the picotage technique as well as a pattern of overlapping black circles, that is both enclosing and creating space while also keeping out.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Buyers at Gatherpoint can personalize their homes to their preferences with options for extending patios, lanais and garages, enclosing flex rooms and expanding indoor-outdoor connections with pocketing or zero-corner sliding glass doors.—
Pulte Homes,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
25 May 2022
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“Hedging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedging. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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