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Recent Examples of security blanket
His presence serves as a security blanket of sorts, temporarily socializing those who are uncomfortable in certain settings, the 41-year-old observed.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Israel also has a dynamic economy and a robust nuclear security blanket.
—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The defense systems provide a security blanket against ballistic missiles over Europe.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
The chef has also prepared a five-course meal, so the charcuterie board is more a security blanket than anything else.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Israel also has a dynamic economy and a robust nuclear security blanket.
—Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The defense systems provide a security blanket against ballistic missiles over Europe.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
The chef has also prepared a five-course meal, so the charcuterie board is more a security blanket than anything else.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
Noun
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The bill permits the Treasury Department secretary to take action if financial institutions outside the United States are suspected of facilitating money laundering for narcotics purposes.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Feb. 2025
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Patron Sanchez, who’s charged with continuing criminal enterprise, narcotics trafficking and firearms charges, faces the possibility of mandatory life in prison if he’s convicted.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tolerance is a side effect of many medications, such as opiates and benzodiazepines, which are often used to help treat pain and anxiety.—
Femi Aremu,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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A day later, a social worker told the new mother: The baby’s meconium — or first bowel movement — had tested positive for opiates.—
Shoshana Walter,
USA TODAY,
11 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The drug is related to ketamine, a common anesthetic that can have hallucinogenic effects and is sometimes misused recreationally.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The drug was ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that has found more use to treat depression in recent years, but is also used recreationally.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2025
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Nosenko, meanwhile, would slip a sedative into his co-pilot’s coffee before takeoff, knocking him unconscious, and then report to his superiors that his jet was struck by Ukrainian anti-aircraft fire.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The first attempt involved giving him sedatives a couple of hours before the appointment.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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