insured

past tense of insure
as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe took steps to insure the timely completion of the project

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Recent Examples of insured However, the main hurdle is getting naval reactors insured. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2024 The hodgepodge of state voting systems makes a mass hacking impossible, and recent security upgrades have insured the preservation of paper backups for almost every ballot. David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 The mobility of capital insured an inexorable race to the bottom for labor and the environment; vulnerable nations have been left to absorb the costly externalities. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Like their larger counterparts, regional banks are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which means your deposits are protected up to $250,000 per depositor. Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 Fintech providers are neither necessarily safe nor insured. Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 The occasion was Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, but the anniversary of October 7th and the ongoing horror of the war in Gaza and beyond insured that there was little sense of celebration at the table. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024 As customers have repeatedly explained to the court in the Synapse bankruptcy hearings, customers believed, or even perhaps were led to believe, that their deposits were insured in case of failure. Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 They’re considered low-risk because they aren’t tied to volatile financial markets and are typically insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which protects deposits up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank. Mike Winters, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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Verb
  • Rest assured, there are no golf courses, high rises or water parks in the future for Turtle Island.
    David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Rest assured, the naturally low pH and high salt content of cheese inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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  • As new technologies are introduced, unions have historically ensured new jobs for workers who lose them, severance, or retraining, said Lisa Kresge, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley’s Labor Center.
    Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But Alonso ensured that this time was different.
    Homero De la Fuente, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • Even after Allied forces secured Omaha Beach, Andrews' remains were not identified, the release states.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • More recently, Metro Boomin secured a deal worth $70 million by selling a portion of his publishing catalog to Shamrock.
    Kori Hale, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Insured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insured. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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