1
as in preventive
something providing certainty that a specified outcome will or will not occur
Having two people do this job serves as insurance against accidents.
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2
as in contract
a formal contract promising payment if injury, damage, or loss occurs
They purchased their home and car insurance through the same company.
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Recent Examples of insurance
Imagine soaring over the Swiss Alps or exploring the vibrant depths of the Great Barrier Reef – without packing a suitcase or worrying about travel insurance.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Adaptive's first insurance product, GridProtect, offers businesses parametric insurance coverage for power outages under 24 hours.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
That is why banks, insurance companies, courts, corporations, and other organizations are required by law to attempt to notify you by mail and publish information regarding unclaimed property in the newspaper.
—New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
The insurance commissioner added some of those same areas were also affected by this year's wildfires.
—Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Adaptive's first insurance product, GridProtect, offers businesses parametric insurance coverage for power outages under 24 hours.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
That is why banks, insurance companies, courts, corporations, and other organizations are required by law to attempt to notify you by mail and publish information regarding unclaimed property in the newspaper.
—New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
The insurance commissioner added some of those same areas were also affected by this year's wildfires.
—Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurance
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Indeed, failure to do so proved disastrous for some early human trials of preventives.—
David J. Waters,
Scientific American,
1 Sep. 2015
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Padlocks, sickles and other objects made of iron, a metal said to possess anti-demonic powers, were stashed in the grave as preventives.—
Franz Lidz,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2023
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Signed to a two-way contract during the All-Star break, the Cox Mill High School graduate and Duke product is thrilled to be back in the Carolinas.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
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The guard will become a free agent after this season ahead of an offseason that is anticipated to be full of upheaval across the league as players seek larger contracts following the completion of a new collective bargaining agreement.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Tick preventatives and quick removal of ticks is the best way to avoid problems.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
14 Apr. 2024
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The solution isn’t a complete ban on the use of drugs in agriculture, but reducing infection through proper animal husbandry and, as is the case with humans, reserving antibiotics for the treatment of sick animals rather than deploying them widely as a preventative.—
Jeremy Coller,
Forbes,
6 Sep. 2024
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The House package would raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion over two years, put tens of billions of dollars into border security and defense − and add trillions to the federal deficit over 10 years.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Khaled’s security team wasted no time disposing of the coffin.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Though Senate Republicans have pushed for two bills to address Mr. Trump's priorities, House Republicans are pursuing one major bill to address border security, defense and energy priorities, along with $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Lakers’ defense has somehow been better since Davis went down (and then was traded).—
Jovan Buha,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Zelenskyy has said Ukraine can't hold them back without U.S. aid or strong security guarantees.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
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Cooking spray: For greasing the baking pan—you’ll use parchment paper too to keep the cake from sticking, but this is another guarantee.—
Amanda Holstein,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Whether the deletion was intentional, like a former employee deleting the data on 180 servers, or unintentional, like an accidental deletion causing a major outage for a social network, relying on redundancy as your only protection isn’t enough.—
Nick Martin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of probationary employees have already been dismissed, and the administration is now shifting its focus to career officials with civil service protections.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Families and others rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv to pressure Netanyahu's government for a deal to bring everyone else home.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Such a deal would reduce US dependency on China, and provide significant incentive for the United States to boost Ukrainian security, a US official familiar with negotiations told CNN.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurance. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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