insuring

present participle of insure
as in ensuring
to make sure, certain, or safe took steps to insure the timely completion of the project

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Recent Examples of insuring Given the stakes of the match—the winner would take the top spot in Group I, insuring an easier path to the final—the moves made by Norway’s manager, Ståle Solbakken, came as a surprise. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 Keep in mind, the average Californian is insuring a very expensive property. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 The strait was just at the center of war, and insuring ships there remains costly. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 The very funds lending the AI giants money to build their data centers may also, through a separate door, be insuring those same data centers against the floods and fires that could level them. Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Under City of New Britain policy, the finance directors are the officials responsible for insuring the P-Card use complies with city policy that permits card use only in limited circumstances and prohibits personal purchases. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026 With the federal government insuring loans on 95 percent of the value of low-cost houses at the time, homebuyers had to put down only 5 percent—and that was waived for veterans. Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 June 2026 The cost of insuring Saudi debt actually dropped by three basis points at the time of publication on Thursday, while the yield on the government’s ten-year dollar bonds was little changed, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 14 May 2026 Mark Bluh, an insurance agent with decades of experience, said the cost of insuring an average $400,000 home in Miami-Dade County can reach $10,000 per year. Abby Dodge, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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  • Shorts expose your legs to the germy airport terminal and plane seats, ensuring that your first stop on your vacation is the hotel shower.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Product is key here, with balms and fly-away sticks ensuring the perfect frizz-less look.
    Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 8 July 2026
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  • These incidents rarely appear in the statistics politicians and bureaucrats cite when assuring the public that downtown is moving in the right direction.
    Jonathan Beaton, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • No one is getting fired … yet Mozeliak started his press conference by assuring the staff that their jobs were safe.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 27 June 2026
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  • In addition, their style of play makes broad use of their outrageous attacking options, virtually guaranteeing a supply of chances for a player who can score almost any type of goal from anywhere in the attacking third.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 July 2026
  • McCourt Global, which is the sole financial backer of the league, announced it in March, guaranteeing $300 million in prize money to be distributed over the first three seasons.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 June 2026

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“Insuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuring. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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