as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe
took steps to insure the timely completion of the project
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Recent Examples of insured
In 2024, global economic losses from natural disasters reached $368 billion, yet less than half of that was insured.
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Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Electric vehicles are insured by the same carriers as internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
To determine its list, Faye Travel Insurance looked at data from thousands of travelers who booked and insured their trips through the company for 2025.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Were they insured for the losses?
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
More than 350,000 of the state's residents are insured by Medicaid, including those covered by the expansion plan voters approved through a ballot measure in 2018.
—Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
Now 28, he is insured through his federal job.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
In fact, among customers of the 90 residential property insurers regulated by the state, two-thirds were insured by companies that posted average premium increases between January and May, while only a third were insured by companies that posted decreases.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Rising health care costs are never far from many of our minds — the millions of people soon to be kicked off Medicaid but also plenty of us who thought, naively, that the well-insured would never need to worry.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Electric vehicles are insured by the same carriers as internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
To determine its list, Faye Travel Insurance looked at data from thousands of travelers who booked and insured their trips through the company for 2025.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Were they insured for the losses?
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
More than 350,000 of the state's residents are insured by Medicaid, including those covered by the expansion plan voters approved through a ballot measure in 2018.
—Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
Now 28, he is insured through his federal job.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
In fact, among customers of the 90 residential property insurers regulated by the state, two-thirds were insured by companies that posted average premium increases between January and May, while only a third were insured by companies that posted decreases.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
Rising health care costs are never far from many of our minds — the millions of people soon to be kicked off Medicaid but also plenty of us who thought, naively, that the well-insured would never need to worry.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insured
Verb
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All this on account of a funny little book I’d been assured could never succeed.—
Joanne Harris
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The data follows the lackluster August jobs report that helped fuel investor hope that the Federal Reserve is all but assured to lower benchmark interest rates at its policy meeting later this month.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Our safety could not be guaranteed.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is one of 17 that we’re guaranteed.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The 1993 formation of the promotion company Ultimate Fighting Championship ensured that the few-rules, multi-style approach of MMA had an official American home.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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These events ensured Azerbaijan's victory and were formalized in the peace accord signed in Washington last month.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many of the Democratic primary victors will be unopposed in the general election, meaning Tuesday’s win secured their council seats for the next term.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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McCarthy and company secured 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Insured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insured. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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