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as in contract
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason
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as in sponsor
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back
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as in assurance
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety
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Recent Examples of surety
The increase was driven by growth in transactional E&S, programs, captives, surety, and global property & agriculture underwriting divisions.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Even while what is depicted onscreen veers wildly out of control, there is a sense of surety to the filmmaking that makes this one of the freshest movies of the year.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
So the truly diabolical temptation might be not the one depicted in these stories but the one the story as story teases: the reader’s own religious surety.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
In most communities, law enforcement was handled by the Justices of the Peace who used a legal tool inherited from England, sureties, which were also known as peace or good-behavior bonds.
—Saul Cornell / Made By History, TIME, 26 July 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Even while what is depicted onscreen veers wildly out of control, there is a sense of surety to the filmmaking that makes this one of the freshest movies of the year.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
So the truly diabolical temptation might be not the one depicted in these stories but the one the story as story teases: the reader’s own religious surety.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
In most communities, law enforcement was handled by the Justices of the Peace who used a legal tool inherited from England, sureties, which were also known as peace or good-behavior bonds.
—Saul Cornell / Made By History, TIME, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surety
Noun
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Although a trade appears to make sense for both Arenado and the Red Sox, the three years and $74 million remaining on the 33-year-old's contract tells a different story.—
Joey Copponi,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Washington Post, for instance, is controlled by Jeff Bezos, whose largest company, Amazon, competes for major federal contracts.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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The county Board of Supervisors will appoint Gibson — who will take sponsor group training before being seated as a new member — likely in March.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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Two days prior to the biggest football game of the year, the NFL hosted its fourth Annual Night of Pride, in partnership with GLAAD and presenting sponsor Smirnoff.—
John Lawson,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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The assurance from Bondi that President Trump would not enforce the law was enough for Apple and Google to bring the app back.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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An article that year published by the Heritage Foundation — the group whose Project 2025 now appears, despite some Trump assurances to the contrary, to be driving much of his second administration’s rollout — laid out the case against the CFPB’s very existence.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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While eschewing guarantees eliminates the risk factor for the host network, that’s not to say that the deliveries are wholly devoid of financial implications.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Japan's prime minister will be looking to strike a personal connection with Trump and get reassurance that Trump won't hit Japan with tariffs or abandon its security guarantees.—
Selina Wang,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their behavior disturbed other patrons so much that two older couples opted to take their meals to-go rather than remain in the eatery.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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The incident happened near the Scott chairlift, which takes patrons to the Scott Peak with an elevation of 8,289 feet.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Feb. 2025
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In an interview with ABC4 in 2020, Martin discussed raising Patrick and her certainty that he was destined for success.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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Still others shout their certainty that God is only close to certain political parties, countries, religions, or genders.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The company extended its $5 meal deal launched in June into December and introduced Chicken Big Mac in October, along with other special releases.—
Savyata Mishra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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ExpressVPN also has a current deal where users can subscribe for $6.67 per month with three months free for 12 months.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
10 Feb. 2025
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The upshot is that a significant number of students and faculty have come to regard it as a tool of censorship rather than a guarantor of free speech.—
Jamie Kalven,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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His aunt, who is his guarantor, was ordered to deposit several hundred thousand euros with the court.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Surety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surety. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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