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
After October 7th, Bacha’s focus shifted, for a time, to her Just Vision colleagues in Gaza and insuring their safety.
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Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
And because Western insurers are forbidden from insuring them, tankers often operate with dubious Russian insurance, or no insurance at all.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 Jan. 2026
If 50 people live under the same roof, sharing that cost burden of insuring that roof should be a fraction of the impact to individual homeowners.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
As of December 2025, 40 states and the District of Columbia have implemented Medicaid expansion, insuring about 20 million Americans.
—Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Single-family homeowners bear the full cost of insuring their property, including the structure, roof and land.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
Frequent travelers may save money by purchasing an annual policy instead of insuring each trip separately.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The reforms, dubbed the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, allow insurance companies to increase rates based on the growing threat of climate change and pass on more of the costs of insuring high-risk homes to their customers.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
The hail caused extensive damage to both, and her insurance company refused to keep insuring them.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
And because Western insurers are forbidden from insuring them, tankers often operate with dubious Russian insurance, or no insurance at all.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 Jan. 2026
If 50 people live under the same roof, sharing that cost burden of insuring that roof should be a fraction of the impact to individual homeowners.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
As of December 2025, 40 states and the District of Columbia have implemented Medicaid expansion, insuring about 20 million Americans.
—Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Single-family homeowners bear the full cost of insuring their property, including the structure, roof and land.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025
Frequent travelers may save money by purchasing an annual policy instead of insuring each trip separately.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The reforms, dubbed the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, allow insurance companies to increase rates based on the growing threat of climate change and pass on more of the costs of insuring high-risk homes to their customers.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
The hail caused extensive damage to both, and her insurance company refused to keep insuring them.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insuring
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Advertisement Regardless of the format, three concerns have consistently emerged as critical to ensuring the long-term health of the domestic economy and solving the affordability problem.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Sweetcrispy Full-length Gold Mirror No hotel room is complete without a full-length mirror, and for more than just ensuring your outfit of the day is on point.—
Brittney Morgan,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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Some fears exist among the British right that Reform’s success could still be squashed by an alliance of Labour, the Green Party, the Lib Dems, and a confederation of minor parties if a pact is not struck with the Conservatives, assuring a unified right-wing bloc.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bowe, who still holds the world record in the 1,000 m and also qualified in the 1,500 m for Beijing, decided to give up her 500-m spot, assuring Jackson would race at the Olympics.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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The impasse is virtually guaranteeing another shutdown of potentially broad swaths of the federal government on the heels of last year's record-breaking crisis.—
Lori Comstock,
The Providence Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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There is another circular element to the deal where Nvidia's investment essentially helps fund purchases of its own products, while simultaneously guaranteeing to be a customer.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Insuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuring. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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