as in guarding
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as in defending
to drive danger or attack away from
the mother bear was just trying to protect her cubs
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Recent Examples of protecting
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This means committing to protecting payment pages, detecting unauthorized changes and safeguarding customer data.
—Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The first set of turbines acts as a shock absorber, protecting the delicate movement components from external impacts.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The death benefit provides liquidity to buy out the deceased partner’s share, protecting the business and surviving partners from financial strain.
—Andre Pennington, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Better to invest in a secure, predictable solution with transparent pricing—protecting you from the risk of costly incidents like hacks or service outages.
—Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
If someone else has a key to your content, regardless of the policies protecting its use, your content is at risk.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Human Rights Watch earlier this month urged FIFA to reject the Saudi bid because the nation has not committed to protecting the migrant laborers that will likely be hired to build the massive infrastructure needed to host such a tournament.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Key parts of the plan must involve protecting the employee from threats at both home and the workplace—sporadic application can knock you out of deductibility.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This means committing to protecting payment pages, detecting unauthorized changes and safeguarding customer data.
—Rui Ribeiro, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The first set of turbines acts as a shock absorber, protecting the delicate movement components from external impacts.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The death benefit provides liquidity to buy out the deceased partner’s share, protecting the business and surviving partners from financial strain.
—Andre Pennington, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Better to invest in a secure, predictable solution with transparent pricing—protecting you from the risk of costly incidents like hacks or service outages.
—Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
If someone else has a key to your content, regardless of the policies protecting its use, your content is at risk.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Human Rights Watch earlier this month urged FIFA to reject the Saudi bid because the nation has not committed to protecting the migrant laborers that will likely be hired to build the massive infrastructure needed to host such a tournament.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Protecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protecting. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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