as in danger
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
the city's firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues
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Recent Examples of jeopardy
The league stage offered exciting match-ups compared to last season’s group stage and that’s without taking into account the jeopardy on the final matchday.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 2 June 2025
That has left the future of two wide receivers in potential jeopardy.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The development adds another layer of legal jeopardy for the Tate brothers, who have become lightning rods for controversy over their online content and lifestyle brand.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 May 2025
The message to Indo-Pacific nations: Kowtow to us politically, or your economic well-being will be in serious jeopardy.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 2 June 2025
That has left the future of two wide receivers in potential jeopardy.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The development adds another layer of legal jeopardy for the Tate brothers, who have become lightning rods for controversy over their online content and lifestyle brand.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 May 2025
The message to Indo-Pacific nations: Kowtow to us politically, or your economic well-being will be in serious jeopardy.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for jeopardy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardy
Noun
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Our teams just had to deal with something extremely traumatizing and when faced with personal risk to their own lives, chose to run towards the danger in order to serve this community.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Some fans were quick to show concern for Paltrow in the comments, warning the Goop founder about the dangers of topless cooking.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
15 June 2025
Noun
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But Haliburton was playing with a strained calf, and there was more risk for something like this to happen.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Lower birth weights place babies at a greater risk of health problems, from immediate issues like low oxygen levels to long-term difficulties that range from metabolic to cognitive to neurodevelopment impairments, per the study.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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But gastrointestinal absorption of the drug can be thwarted by GI troubles, which the man had.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 June 2025
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Cho, as the perceptive and generous Jin, distracted from his own family troubles by the sudden flashes of Casey’s bright light, is wise and rejuvenated; disinterested admiration makes this man, who looks to be in his forties, nearly a teen-ager again.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Already, the security of tens of thousands of Americans in the Middle East is already in peril.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
20 June 2025
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Georgia's law has led to stories of women in medical peril as doctors try to follow the letter of the law and deliver critical care.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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“Jeopardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardy. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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