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Recent Examples of insuring If approved by voters, the top-two primary would be repealed and the system would revert to its prior version, insuring every qualified political party could have a candidate advance in the primary to the general election. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 But your own car insurance likely covers most of the costs of insuring a rental car. Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 That's in addition to other discounts anyone can qualify for, like paying in full or insuring more than one car. Liz Knueven,ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 July 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insuring
Verb
  • Meeting their needs requires addressing stagnant Medicaid rates for behavioral health and ensuring health insurance covers behavioral needs, advocates said.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The ScanMax 320 automatically flattens curved book pages digitally, ensuring clean, flat text without requiring you to tear pages out or manually edit them.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Yet questions about his prolonged stay overseas have left officials publicly assuring Cameroonians that their president is still alive.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His dad handed him one of E&R Laundry’s fliers, assuring Hurewitz-Ravitch that a campus laundry service would save him time.
    Grey Battle, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hezbollah has refused to disarm and accuses the Lebanese government of making too many concessions without guaranteeing an Israeli withdrawal.
    Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Insuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuring. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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