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as in defense
means or method of defending
this small umbrella is adequate protection in a sudden shower
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as in safety
the state of not being exposed to danger
the open boat offered no protection from the weather
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Recent Examples of protection
The question of whether AIs deserve legal rights and protections will be a mainstream societal and political debate.
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Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
They are used to protect anything that needs protection, and most can be moved around with relative ease.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
The Knicks’ dice roll paid off, as Robinson emerged over the years as a foundational piece with his rim-protection and rebounding.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection, known as TSME, from consumer Ryzen processors.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
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Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
They are used to protect anything that needs protection, and most can be moved around with relative ease.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
The Knicks’ dice roll paid off, as Robinson emerged over the years as a foundational piece with his rim-protection and rebounding.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection, known as TSME, from consumer Ryzen processors.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protection
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Neither team has pressed forward with much conviction in the first 15 minutes, and after some back-and-forth passing on the back line of the Netherlands' defense, boos could be heard from restless spectators in Monterrey.
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Linda Parisi, Blake Rakela’s defense attorney, has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds.
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Robinson’s value is complicated, as the elite rim protector and offensive rebounder has a history of ankle surgeries, and he’s been played off of the court in the postseason due to his free-throw-shooting deficiencies.
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László Moholy-Nagy hovers low over a gaggle of pigeons, suspending the viewer uneasily between protector and predator.
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Regardless, Higgins, who runs a security firm, said unauthorized climbs pose immediate safety risks to both the climbers and people below if someone falls.
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Readiness is an ongoing practice, not a declaration, determined by daily interactions and the safety to be candid.
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Tokenization allows banks to offer the speed, transparency and programmability clients increasingly expect while preserving the safeguards that underpin trust in the financial system.
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Greenspan long advocated for gold as a safeguard against inflation and government overspending.
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The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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Evacuees must provide proof of evacuation, and parents or guardians must remain with their children at all times.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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More than $800 billion tracks the index, including the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which is one of the most popular securities traded each day and is seen as a barometer for the artificial intelligence bull market.
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In Gohrischheide, in eastern Germany, a fire broke out in a large forest that's still contaminated with ammunition from World War II, complicating efforts by firefighters.
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In Gohrischheide, in eastern Germany, a fire broke out in a large forest that’s still contaminated with ammunition from World War II, which made the firefighters’ efforts even more complicated.
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Canada got a boost in the 75th minute when star defender Alphonso Davies came on for his first World Cup action.
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Panama defender Andrés Andrade was shown a card after a foul on an England's Morgan Rogers.
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“Protection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protection. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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