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as in defense
means or method of defending
measures taken to beef up our national security
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as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise
their house will serve as security for the loan
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as in safety
the state of not being exposed to danger
after the burglaries, police presence in the neighborhood was enhanced to give residents a stronger sense of security
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Recent Examples of security
More than 400 Israeli soldiers and security personnel have been killed during the fighting inside Gaza, nine of whom were killed in the past week, the IDF said.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Just don’t try to converse about anything other than security and scams.
—PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
Leaders can improve their security capabilities by integrating an AI security operations center (AI-SOC).
—Dewayne Hart, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The president's statement and Order do not present any credible evidence of a national security issue, making clear that this was a political decision.
—Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Just don’t try to converse about anything other than security and scams.
—PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
Leaders can improve their security capabilities by integrating an AI security operations center (AI-SOC).
—Dewayne Hart, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The president's statement and Order do not present any credible evidence of a national security issue, making clear that this was a political decision.
—Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security
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Automatically, one arm went up in defense, which may have saved his life.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Once the Panthers upgrade their defense, the offensive line is largely set.Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
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The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is no guarantee of peace.Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
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For some teams, the finish line never comes, so there's no guarantee.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Most significantly, with three other dangerous Bears weapons spread to the right, safety Xavier Woods began cheating in that direction before the play began.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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The 5-foot-11, 205-pound safety spent four seasons in Fayetteville, playing significant snaps in two of them after redshirting his first year.Davis Wilson, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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In 1967, the secretary of the interior classified the Eastern timber wolf in the Lower 48 as endangered, and in 1973, it was afforded full protection under the Endangered Species Act.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Trump also signed a presidential memorandum aimed at skirting California’s environmental protections to funnel water toward the state’s farmers, which produce roughly 40% of the nation’s agricultural products.Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
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Companies made ambitious pledges to increase representation and foster inclusion.Aniela Unguresan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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For example, many business leaders have expressed enthusiasm for Trump’s pro-economic growth agenda, across tax cuts, deregulation, less stringent antitrust enforcement, positive incentives for onshoring manufacturing, and his pledge to bring down energy costs.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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The right leadership can provide a critical safeguard against abuses of these expansive powers.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Health and Human Services notably wants to take away provider discretion to decide which safeguards are addressable.Tina Reed, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
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For instance, if Trump stops all weapons shipments to Ukraine, then Putin would have no incentive to negotiate and will bet that his army can steamroll Ukrainian defensive positions as Kyiv is starved of ammunition.Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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The trial over Baldwin’s on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had begun last July when a witness revealed evidence about ammunition that had not been disclosed to Baldwin’s attorneys.Justin Curto, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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To the south of the extensive snow shield, a strip of damaging ice will build up on trees and power lines, potentially knocking out electricity to millions of people from central Kansas to West Virginia Sunday into Monday.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the Manhattan fire, Gaffney used a removed door as a shield to move through a raging fire to find a pregnant woman and a child, who were both unconscious.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Security.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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