as in dangerous
involving potential loss or injury
that stupid prank could turn out to be a jeopardizing event in your academic career
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as in endangering
to place in danger
don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board
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Recent Examples of jeopardizing
Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has expired, potentially jeopardizing critical government services like airport security and disaster relief.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Often, parents risk jeopardizing their own financial futures by borrowing for their children’s education, Boyd said.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Our current commissioners are jeopardizing both.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Those proposals, including tighter limits on non-disaster spending and new legislative oversight, were rejected by Senate Republicans wary of jeopardizing negotiations with the governor or risking the fund’s expiration.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The higher debt is, the smaller a government’s fiscal space, the wiggle room a country has to adjust its budgetary priorities, tweaking spending or tax receipts without jeopardizing economic stability.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
His social circle was filled with avid sports fans who could engage with their favorite team without jeopardizing their financial lives.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
After Addison loses her cool in the OR, jeopardizing the patient, she is kicked out by Amelia who successfully completes the surgery.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
Waiting for the bigger contract carried risk, with an injury potentially jeopardizing the payday.
—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security has expired, potentially jeopardizing critical government services like airport security and disaster relief.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
Often, parents risk jeopardizing their own financial futures by borrowing for their children’s education, Boyd said.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Our current commissioners are jeopardizing both.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Those proposals, including tighter limits on non-disaster spending and new legislative oversight, were rejected by Senate Republicans wary of jeopardizing negotiations with the governor or risking the fund’s expiration.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
The higher debt is, the smaller a government’s fiscal space, the wiggle room a country has to adjust its budgetary priorities, tweaking spending or tax receipts without jeopardizing economic stability.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
His social circle was filled with avid sports fans who could engage with their favorite team without jeopardizing their financial lives.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
After Addison loses her cool in the OR, jeopardizing the patient, she is kicked out by Amelia who successfully completes the surgery.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardizing
Adjective
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As Son combined with Denis Bouanga – MLS’ most dangerous attacker three years running – the club counted 19 of its last 22 regular-season goals (plus four of six in the postseason) thanks to them.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ten manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods are also facing a lawsuit, filed in December by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, that alleges companies knowingly engineered and marketed addictive, dangerous products while hiding the risks and causing a public health crisis.—
Sarah Koch,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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What was Koch thinking, endangering children like this?—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, any proposals moving through the Legislature cannot come at the expense of endangering essential services that keep our city clean, safe, and functioning.—
Andrea Keiser,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Inspectors found shortcomings such as employing unqualified instructors, failing to test students’ skills or teach them how to handle hazardous materials and using the wrong equipment to teach drivers.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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An image of public entities failing to comply with the law about lead paint, hazardous trash collection, or other public hazards.—
Emily Galvin Almanza,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Yet videos reviewed by CNN showed officers regularly detaining or threatening to arrest people who never appeared to cross that line.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Jackson aimed his trademark fiery dynamism at studio and network executives, forming the Rainbow Coalition on Fairness in the Media — an offshoot of his Rainbow Coalition that focused on social justice and economic equality — and threatening boycotts against projects that excluded minorities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In a cult classic 1976 film, The Bill Koch Experience, the star slaloms at perilous speed through low brush, dodges cows in a pasture, and also leaps off a boulder, only to tumble.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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Had all three missed the right answer, as did indeed happen, the trio would have gone into a perilous tiebreaker.—
Claire McNear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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Neighborhoods are increasingly squeezed by major projects and rising property values, risking resident displacement.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Attention is the new de-risking tool.—
Martin Moszkowicz,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Most defense analysts agree that an invasion would be costly, bloody and highly risky for China, Taiwan and any countries that come to Taiwan’s aid, such as the United States or Japan.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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That begs the question of whether silver is just too risky a bet in retirement these days.—
Aly J Yale,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Fajardo-Acosta described him as an extremely serious person who also possessed a good sense of humor, spoke very eloquently and read all the time.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Lawmaker Jorge Arreaza, who presented the bill, highlighted these carve-outs to ensure the measure does not shield serious offenses.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Jeopardizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardizing. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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