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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypothecate
Verb
  • Tucked one of my wings, and just... dodged right out of there, said, 'Hell no, brother.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The child remains in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement and was placed with a foster family, the agency said.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Elliott was first reported to have assumed a position in the oil and gas company back in February, driving a share rally amid expectations that its involvement could pressure BP to shift gears from its green strategy and back toward its core oil and gas businesses.
    Ruxandra Iordache,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Many professionals enter the tech space assuming their success in structured environments will seamlessly translate into building and scaling a startup, guaranteed.
    Lola Eniolorunda, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If any doubts remain that Benjamin Netanyahu aims to transform Israel into an authoritarian state, where the prime minister is above the law and dissent is presumed subversive, an eight-page affidavit submitted to the country’s supreme court this week should dispel them.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In a March 2015 review, the SSA revealed that death records had not been updated for 6.5 million individuals over the age of 112 who were presumed deceased.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Musk has never denied his hard-charging style and believes that his work building electric cars and rockets is crucial for the health of the planet and the continuation of the human species, and that his DOGE work responds to threats of U.S. bankruptcy.
    Jonathan Landay, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • And if White Houses have believed this too, that the people that are being covered do not choose who covers them.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The stay in the beach house was supposed to clear their heads, and Joe wasn’t supposed to show up.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In simple terms, prompt injection is a way for attackers to trick an AI into doing something it wasn’t supposed to.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Hypothecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypothecate. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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