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a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
the town police force is the guarantor of our safety
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Sign Up The 10,000-foot story of the U.S. in these Olympics, or really any FIBA men’s basketball competition, is that overwhelming talent isn’t necessarily a guarantor of success when the format is a single-elimination, 40-minute game.
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John Hollinger, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Since Saudi Arabia has no other plausible security guarantor, Washington could consider the possibility of serving as such to provide positive reinforcement and to keep Riyadh reasonably close.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
Even Italy’s national guarantor for the rights of prisoners, Mauro Palma, weighed in after visiting the center in December.
—Paolo Santalucia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
As the foundations for building an independent adult life continue to crumble under young people’s feet, hypervigilant parents are fixated more than ever on the top-flight college degree as a guarantor of their children’s financial comfort and social standing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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John Hollinger, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Since Saudi Arabia has no other plausible security guarantor, Washington could consider the possibility of serving as such to provide positive reinforcement and to keep Riyadh reasonably close.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
Even Italy’s national guarantor for the rights of prisoners, Mauro Palma, weighed in after visiting the center in December.
—Paolo Santalucia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
As the foundations for building an independent adult life continue to crumble under young people’s feet, hypervigilant parents are fixated more than ever on the top-flight college degree as a guarantor of their children’s financial comfort and social standing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Guarantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guarantor. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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