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 Healthy people are cheaper for health insurance companies, and the companies rely on their participation to help balance out the costs of insuring sicker people. Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025 Fortunately, there are several ways parents can help mitigate the unavoidable cost of insuring a teenage driver. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Created in 1970, the NCUA is tasked with regulating and insuring credit unions. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 July 2025 His work was essential to insuring that recovery work would comply with federal law. Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025 Its very existence reassures consumers and businesses that their money is safe, by insuring deposits of up to $250,000. Maria Aspan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025 Investors with a lot of physical gold likely have the additional hassle of storing it somewhere and insuring it, Baker said. Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025 In addition to insuring depositors, the FDIC supervises banks for safety and consumer protection. Jason Lalljee, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 No one's denying rebuilding costs have escalated dramatically in recent years, and with those increases come higher costs to insuring properties in the state. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insuring
Verb
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The liquid, which is electrically non-conductive, fills all the spaces between the cells, ensuring direct and uniform contact for heat transfer.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Alaskan authorities are assuring regulations are followed.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In particular, O’Neill proposed doing away with FDA’s 60-year-old mandate of assuring new drugs are both safe and effective in treating disease.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • The leadership of the paper, and others within Spotlight interviewed during the investigation, felt that McCarthy had behaved appropriately, and was in fact focused on guaranteeing the accuracy of sensitive, high-stakes projects.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When Northern Democrats would not agree to militant pro-slavery demands such as passage of a federal slave code guaranteeing slavery’s westward expansion, Southern Democrats walked out.
    Time, Time, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Insuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuring. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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