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securities

noun

plural of security
1
as in safeguards
means or method of defending measures taken to beef up our national security

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2
as in guarantees
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise their house will serve as security for the loan

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Recent Examples of securities The president's 2025 annual financial disclosure showed more than 21,000 securities trades across eight accounts holding at least $858 million, compared with 86 stock transactions disclosed during his first year in office in 2017. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 Most of the money is from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, and securities and trust holdings, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 But as the Treasury issues new debt and refinances maturing securities, today’s higher rates gradually become tomorrow’s higher federal interest expense. — John W. Diamond, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026 Paxton has been shadowed for decades by legal and ethical questions, including indictments for securities fraud, though he was not convicted. — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 The Dangote Refinery has secured the approval of Nigeria’s securities regulator to launch an initial public offering on the stock exchange in Lagos. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Mortgage rates are also influenced by other factors, like investor demand for Treasury securities and broader economic conditions. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of next year, according to a securities filing. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 In addition to the criminal charges, the SEC’s Chicago regional office filed a civil complaint accusing Gilchrist of securities fraud. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for securities
  1. safeguards
  2. guarantees
  3. defenses
  4. pledges
  5. protections
  6. ammunitions
  7. weapons
  8. shields
Noun
  • Comcast said existing safeguards blocked the fraud attempt and that affected customers' credit and existing services were not impacted.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The company said respondents were selected among internet users in Venezuela and that the survey used geographic quotas and safeguards intended to prevent duplicate responses.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • Ukraine is also seeking security guarantees from partners for a deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And filmmaking, unlike law or medicine, issues no license at the end of the program and has no job guarantees.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of guarantees
Noun
  • Their bond deepens with the wry neuroses and gradually dropped defenses of many a midlife romantic comedy, though Parkinson’s complicates matters in unusual, empathetically explored ways.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Challenging down and distances, like a third-and-7, is when opposing defenses can bring extra rushers to get after the quarterback.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • Stunning pledges to slow development from the leaders of top AI frontier companies Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI followed the warning, and calls for lawmakers to act toward regulating the industry came soon after.
    — Sean Conlon,Elsa Ohlen,Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Ukraine is urgently trying to improve its air defenses as Russia's invasion stretches into its fifth year, and on Thursday won pledges of more support from Canada.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of pledges
Noun
  • Congress has recognized the problem, with the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act introduced in 2026 including provisions that would cap certain athlete-agent fees at 5% and impose additional contract protections.
    — Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • CreativeFuture, the nonprofit advocating for creative copyright protections, was doing their own work, as were representatives from the TV Academy.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ammunitions
Noun
  • In the long history of artists taking over spaces that once housed the creation of deadly weapons—the Park Avenue Armory in New York, the Arsenale in Venice—Da Corte’s studio was a cannonball factory during the Civil War.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Police also found 11 luxury Rolex watches, along with weapons and drug selling paraphernalia, officials said at a press conference Monday.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • Some demonstrators cursed at police officers holding riot shields, while others yelled out as passing cars honked in support of the protest.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There are also three shields on the top deck, high up where everyone can stare accusatorily at whoever is brazen enough to grab one.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of shields

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“Securities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/securities. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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