as in danger
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
the city's firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues
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Recent Examples of jeopardy
And there’s no jeopardy in picking Minogue’s pockets.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
That last streak may be in slight jeopardy with the release of Here for It All, her first new album of the 2020s, which will have to do most of its damage in sales, without much to talk about in the way of big streaming numbers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Unclear recommendations have unfortunately put access and insurance coverage into jeopardy this year.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Hefin Meara, a maritime archaeologist with Historic England who commissioned the survey, told CNN why the wreck’s location has played a such big part in both its discovery and its current jeopardy.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for jeopardy
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
That last streak may be in slight jeopardy with the release of Here for It All, her first new album of the 2020s, which will have to do most of its damage in sales, without much to talk about in the way of big streaming numbers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Unclear recommendations have unfortunately put access and insurance coverage into jeopardy this year.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
Hefin Meara, a maritime archaeologist with Historic England who commissioned the survey, told CNN why the wreck’s location has played a such big part in both its discovery and its current jeopardy.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for jeopardy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardy
Noun
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These discrepancies have led to confusion, fear, and, in some cases, physical danger.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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With satellites orbiting the Earth exploding into tens of thousands of pieces, the danger of collisions with space debris is a major problem, so Atomic-6 has developed new Space Armor tiles that are lighter and more effective than current systems.—
David Szondy
October 26,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The risk to coffee production from climate change has some researchers trying to develop more climate-resistant varieties of coffee.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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This can increase the risk of burns or further injury.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Never got in trouble at all his whole life.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Among them are a shortage of child-care educators, trouble creating care options that meet families’ needs, some providers’ reluctance to accept state vouchers, and uneven care availability in rural areas.—
Elliot Haspel,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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After walking through the results of the study and describing the peril that cancer poses, Mokdad suggested to the officials that Lebanon could improve its health screening, ban smoking in public spaces and launch a set of aggressive anti-tobacco ads.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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But then, after the heist, Reichardt finds canny ways to insert a sense of the wider world, one Mooney ignores at his peril and, eventually, catches up to him.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Jeopardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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