1
: characterized by certainty or security : guaranteed
an assured market
an assured place in history
Success is by no means assured.
She is assured of (having/getting) a job when she graduates. [=she is certain to have/get a job]
2
a
: very confident : self-assured
proceeded with an assured attitude
b
3
: sure that something is certain or true
You can rest assured [=you can be sure] that we won't be late.
Rest assured, it won't happen again.
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Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
The crowd parts as Sue, carrying Franklin in her arms, walks with an assured elegance, her face downright beatific.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Alvarez would even become one of those people who was all for mutual assured destruction.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Much of the housing stock is too pricey, the clientele too assured of its own tastes (and perhaps reluctant to invite in the hordes).
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 July 2025
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That action in Texas, of course, explains why Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was holding a news conference this month with Texas Democrats who had fled the Lone Star State to try to prevent, well, their own mutually assured destruction.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
The crowd parts as Sue, carrying Franklin in her arms, walks with an assured elegance, her face downright beatific.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Alvarez would even become one of those people who was all for mutual assured destruction.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Much of the housing stock is too pricey, the clientele too assured of its own tastes (and perhaps reluctant to invite in the hordes).
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for assured
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“Assured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assured. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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