insuring

present participle of insure
as in ensuring
to make sure, certain, or safe took steps to insure the timely completion of the project

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Recent Examples of insuring Federal officials are cracking down on poultry operations looking for taxpayer relief from bird flu losses and will now require a biosecurity audit before insuring birds against future avian influenza outbreaks. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025 The little girl, who has a heart murmur and complications after a bad bout of bronchitis, had been covered by Medicaid, the government program insuring low-income and disabled Americans. Jesse Kirsch, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024 This would have eliminated the state-to-state variations that made Medicaid an inconsistent and unequal vehicle for insuring low-income Americans. Guian McKee / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 Standard time brings more sunshine to earlier hours, insuring that children are not trudging to school in cold-weather darkness. David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024 For decades, insuring California’s homes, farms and commercial properties was a humdrum business of willing sellers and willing buyers. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024 All the insurance companies on this list provide a discount of up to 10% for insuring more than one animal. Liz Knueven, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024 Measures like insuring that a soror’s skin color is no darker than a paper bag may have fallen out of fashion, but more insidious forms of prejudice persist. Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

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“Insuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuring. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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