ensuring

Definition of ensuringnext
present participle of ensure
as in assuring
to make sure, certain, or safe regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food

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Recent Examples of ensuring Pyongyang still faces major technical barriers before fielding a fully reliable intercontinental ballistic missile, especially ensuring a warhead can survive atmospheric reentry. Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026 Castillo teaches Son Jarocho to youth in Barrio Logan, ensuring the rich tradition will continue. Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 Plus, you're protected with 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection, ensuring that nobody else can gain access but you. George Yang, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026 The route, which travels from the Bicentennial Park and around Myriad Gardens before returning, is lined with volunteers ensuring the traffic does not disturb those traveling through. Alex Gladden, Oklahoman, 28 Mar. 2026 Thoughtful modernization means refining payment methodology while ensuring rates reflect real-world costs — implemented carefully, with a clear picture of downstream effects on beneficiaries. Joe Hardy, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 In the absence of action on a federal level, states have been passing dozens of their own laws regulating artificial intelligence – creating guidelines for child safety, requiring more transparency from the technology and ensuring whistleblower protections. Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026 Each robot is assigned a distinct function, ensuring that the group operates efficiently as a whole. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026 Preserving a level playing field between insurers and applicants is critical to ensuring companies can honor that commitment for all policyholders. Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensuring
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  • Several hundred Australian fuel stations are out of either gasoline or diesel despite Australian ministers assuring the public the market is well supplied.
    Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
  • At his sentencing, Cooper recalls a prosecutor assuring her that oversight would not end with the judge’s sentence of 15 years' probation.
    Tony Plohetski, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
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  • But commissioners were cautious about throwing money at a sponsorship this late in the process without guaranteeing something in return.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The lack of a Democratic frontrunner has raised the prospect that Hilton and Bianco, sheriff of Riverside County, could claim the top two slots in the June 2 primary, effectively guaranteeing a Republican general election faceoff in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans two-to-one.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026

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“Ensuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensuring. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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