How to Use hedge against in a Sentence

hedge against

phrasal verb

• The switch was made partly in pursuit of an invigorating new experience but also as a hedge against the wildfires that have beset the region in recent years.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 3 July 2024
• Fink believes bitcoin can offer uncorrelated returns and act as a hedge against currency debasement caused by excessive deficits.
  — Abid Ali, CNBC, 16 July 2024
• The very act of watching over the grill — tongs in hand, your mind laser-focused on the meats — serves as a hedge against calamity.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
• The way to read the deal is as a bet on U.S. shale fracking and hedge against the left’s anti-fossil fuels policies.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023
• Known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, the index tracks the price of options often used to hedge against stock-market downturns.
  — WSJ, 27 June 2023
• Property is perceived to be one of the best hedges against inflation, the report notes.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 11 May 2023
• Activists in Iran and Turkey have sought to use the service as a hedge against government controls.
  — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• Barclays, meanwhile, said that the best response to the rising prospect of a Trump victory is to hedge against inflation.
  — Carter Johnson, Fortune, 1 July 2024
• The central banks also turned to gold as a hedge against persistent inflation and the effects of the recession.
  — Sanford Mann, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• For a Promethean, hedging against X-risk is a good reason to go multiplanetary.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022
• At a minimum, access to Russian oil and gas, China’s partial hedge against a sea blockade, would be at risk.
  — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
• Plus, Hero’s chairlift takes riders and skiers to shaded, east-facing runs, where the snow holds better, which is why Aspen Mountain has called the project a hedge against climate change.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
• Wall Street traders eventually got the memo, ditching downside protection and pushing the cost of hedging against drops to fresh lows.
  — Elena Popina, Fortune, 30 July 2023
• Art, in its many expressions, acts as a hedge against indifference, as its very nature is meant to elicit a range of reactions.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2023
• The price to hedge against a U.S. government default has risen, as has the cost of government bonds due around the debt ceiling deadline - reflecting doubt about repayment.
  — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• The price to hedge against a U.S. government default has risen, as has the cost of government bonds due around the debt ceiling deadline — reflecting doubt about repayment.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
• But stocks are not specifically a hedge against inflation.
  — Mark Miller, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Much of this increase in volume can be attributed to the role that stablecoins play in the DeFi sector, both as a medium of exchange and hedges against more volatile cryptoassets.
  — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Diversifying to high-yield chickens means farmers can hedge against crop failure with a cash stream that is also low carbon.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
• But the arrangement compels lenders to hedge against the possibility that falling interest rates will tear holes in their balance sheets.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• These other bets are in some ways a hedge against technological risk: AI is still a protean technology.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 May 2024
• In an interview with Fox Business, Fink added that instead of putting money into gold to hedge against inflation, investors could buy Bitcoin.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 5 July 2023
• The price of gold – which investors turn to as a hedge against inflation – has helped drive up pawn inventory, too, as consumers of varying income levels pawn gold items to cash in on the favorable market price.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024
• No Protection Still, traders aren’t rushing to scoop up hedges against declines, according to options market data.
  — Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Gold prices are hitting record highs, topping $2,100 per ounce on Monday as investors boost their holdings of the shiny metal amid as a hedge against global conflicts and expected rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
• But with the right amount of the yellow metal, to balance out other holdings and hedge against risk and diversify your portfolio, your retirement future could look a little more golden.
  — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 25 Oct. 2023
• Gold is often touted to be a good hedge against inflation, although its short-term utility in this regard is sometimes unconvincing.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 15 May 2023
• Some investors are turning to gold as a safe haven as the U.S. gets closer to hitting the debt ceiling because the metal is a long-time hedge against instability, according to Bloomberg, citing an investor poll from early May.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 May 2023
• Tim Schmidt highlights that precious metals offer a hedge against inflation and market volatility.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Mission managers decided to install the solar panels and radar antennas at the launch site, rather than at JPL, as a hedge against delays in delivering those elements.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 8 Sep 2024