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 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 Paxton began investigating the project in March 2025 and sued the developers in December, alleging violations of state securities law. — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 While swaps traditionally help institutions manage risk associated with currencies, commodities, securities and similar instruments, Nelson opined that Kalshi’s sports event contracts serve a fundamentally different purpose. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Dick’s Sporting Goods faces questions over weakening demand Levi & Korsinsky on Friday announced an inquiry into possible securities claims against Dick’s following its second-quarter earnings miss and reduced outlook. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 The legislation aims to define digital assets as securities or commodities, expanding CFTC authority. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The main reason his company uses NDAs, Cummins said, is securities law. — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for securities
  1. safeguards
  2. guarantees
  3. defenses
  4. pledges
  5. protections
  6. ammunitions
  7. weapons
  8. shields
Noun
  • The incident, along with subsequent episodes disclosed by Anthropic and Meta, sparked an industry-wide push to slow development of frontier AI models to improve safeguards keeping autonomous agents under human control.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • My daughter is what those statistics look like when government safeguards fail.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • The minor-league system offers hope, but as always, no guarantees.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When comparing offers, look at the interest rate, repayment term, payment frequency, fees, collateral requirements, personal guarantees and prepayment terms.
    — Joseph Lustberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of guarantees
Noun
  • Last season, according to TruMedia, defenses were in nickel or dime packages — five or six defensive backs — on close to 70 percent of snaps.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Adversaries may soon be able to fly drones in coordinated swarms using AI, effectively overwhelming any defenses.
    — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • But neither opponents nor his own Labour Party legislators have been able to grill him on the details of pledges made against the tough backdrop of mounting security challenges and economic pressure from the Iran war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The increasing chances of being taken, whether one is in a church, mosque, school, on a trip to the capital Abuja or resting at home, is a grim reality that should not be the case given Tinubu’s firm campaign pledges.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of pledges
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  • Fires routinely sweep Kinshasa’s dense neighborhoods during the dry season, where rapid urban growth outpaces basic protections such as reliable fire and emergency services.
    — Saleh Mwanamilongo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • If the Interior Department determines the animals have met recovery goals, the administration will also work with states to encourage them to remove state-level protections and revise standards governing lethal wolf removal.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • 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
  • Lebanese soldiers deployed there are tasked with preventing armed non-state actors, like Hezbollah, from coming in; confiscating any weapons and remnants of war; and restoring state authority.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By the end of 2010, the TSA had deployed around 500 machines designed to detect non-metallic weapons and explosives, the TSA's website said.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • Drops railway temperatures To prevent high-speed aerodynamic forces from ripping the heat shields off, researchers secured the magnetic strips with dual mechanical fasteners.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Securities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/securities. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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