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a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
the town police force is the guarantor of our safety
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Even Italy’s national guarantor for the rights of prisoners, Mauro Palma, weighed in after visiting the center in December.
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Paolo Santalucia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
As the foundations for building an independent adult life continue to crumble under young people’s feet, hypervigilant parents are fixated more than ever on the top-flight college degree as a guarantor of their children’s financial comfort and social standing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Getting a Nobel Peace Prize is by no means a guarantor that the efforts of its recipient have or will be successful.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Conversely, the guaranty covering the mortgage loan may contain provisions that allow the guarantor to terminate its liability by surrendering the real estate collateral to the mortgage lender.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Paolo Santalucia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
As the foundations for building an independent adult life continue to crumble under young people’s feet, hypervigilant parents are fixated more than ever on the top-flight college degree as a guarantor of their children’s financial comfort and social standing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Getting a Nobel Peace Prize is by no means a guarantor that the efforts of its recipient have or will be successful.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Conversely, the guaranty covering the mortgage loan may contain provisions that allow the guarantor to terminate its liability by surrendering the real estate collateral to the mortgage lender.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Guarantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guarantor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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