1
as in contracts
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason
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as in sponsors
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back
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Recent Examples of sureties
When your understanding of reality is challenged in such profound and disturbing ways that the sureties of science, religion or simple common sense provide neither comfort nor closure?
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sureties
Noun
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And the trucking firms that Target contracts with can operate with fuller loads.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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This is one of the missions originally awarded to United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contracts, but shifted to SpaceX after delays in ULA’s Vulcan certification.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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Major event sponsors include Wagner’s School of Music, Schoettle Financial, Kristin and Steven Victor Family Foundation and the Gallery at Lands’ End.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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The bill’s sponsors introduced it in response to the Evergreen High School shooting in September.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Noun
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If everyone in America agreed on religious, political, and artistic truths, there would be no need for our constitutional guarantees.—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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Iran’s negotiators expressed defiance, saying there was ‘no trust in guarantees or words’ from the American side.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Many guests and patrons are regulars, lingering over martinis as a fireplace crackles in the background.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Other patrons in full Schiaparelli runway looks and Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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European leaders have also acted as guarantors of Ukrainian interests in the tortuous peace talks process.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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All four nations are official guarantors of the peace deal.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Sureties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sureties. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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