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 As an investment-grade company, Oracle can borrow cheaply and with duration, but that would change with a junk rating, said Jamie Meyers, a senior securities analyst at Laffer Tengler, which owns Oracle stock. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 The lawsuit seeks damages, interest and legal expenses for alleged violations of federal securities laws, along with a jury trial. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 As a result, projects using EB-5 typically require a team of experienced professionals, including immigration and securities counsel, economic impact analysts, a regional center and other specialists. — Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 He was arrested in 2015 for securities fraud and sentenced to seven years behind bars. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026 Royer had previously served a federal sentence that ended in 2012 for racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The stock market crashed in 1929, begetting federal securities regulations including the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission — in 1934. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 That would lift underwater securities more than 50%, to about $500 billion, the highest since June 2024. — George Calhoun, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 In April, months after Kollitides had started work at the Pentagon, he was listed on a securities filing as continuing to work for his old company as a senior adviser. — Aaron Davis, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for securities
  1. safeguards
  2. guarantees
  3. defenses
  4. pledges
  5. protections
  6. ammunitions
  7. weapons
  8. shields
Noun
  • Some said such an outcome is likely if the industry fails to impose adequate safeguards, while others characterized it as vague and far-fetched.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • When delivery pressure conflicts with material customer or operational risk, security should explain the failure scenario, identify necessary safeguards and help departments choose a practical path forward.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • The guarantees apply only to specific properties, inputs, and assumptions described in each proof.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Moscow has also noted the prospect of French or British nuclear guarantees extending to European states and nonnuclear European capitals considering the development of nuclear options of their own.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of guarantees
Noun
  • The spa There are treatment rooms for a variety of massages, facials, and indulgences based on Wei Qi, a concept rooted in traditional Chinese medicine that boosts the body’s defenses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine’s defenses have been hobbled in recent days by unexplained failures of the Starlink and Starshield satellite systems that are a crucial tool to protect civilians from incoming Russian missiles and drone attacks.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • Companies are also making pledges to reduce their impact on the environment and offering assurances that data centers will boost local property values — all while maintaining AI is a positive force for the American economy, despite its skeptics.
    — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The map does not affect local revenue pledges, the release says.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of pledges
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  • The credibility of a company’s European commitments depends on the operating arrangement and protections behind them.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Florida asked homeowners to accept fewer legal protections as part of the price of stabilizing the insurance market.
    — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 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 modern nuclear weapons, conventional explosives set off a fission reaction—the splitting of big atoms—whose intensity then ignites a fusion reaction that combines light atoms.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Obituaries for nuclear weapons simply misapprehend the role these arms have played since 1945.
    — Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • Dozens of armored cops were still standing guard, shields raised, after a night when 500 people were taken into custody in the French capital alone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of shields

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“Securities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/securities. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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