How to Use assurance in a Sentence
assurance
noun- They lent us the money with the assurance that they would be repaid soon.
- He has the assurance of continued support from his boss.
- She gave him every assurance that she would be there when he returned.
- He spoke with quiet assurance about his future plans.
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There's no assurance the bones will provide usable DNA.
— CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022 -
That kind of self-assurance is what Leray hopes people will take as the overarching theme on her latest project.
— Candace McDuffie, Essence, 18 Apr. 2022 -
There are, however, certain traits that can give you some assurance that someone has the right mindset to build a successful company.
— Josephine Kant, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 -
Their expression of confidence in the instrument lifted my self-assurance and kept me fully engaged.
— Liz Guthridge, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 -
That includes assurances that Trump would not face incarceration.
— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024 -
Even as the nation has returned to prepandemic comforts — activities that offer a sense of normalcy and an assurance that a new era has dawned — the tally of victims grows.
— New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022 -
The rhythm and soundscape of Arctic life For centuries, the Inuit have relied on an assurance of ice to support their hunting lifestyles.
— Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 -
And - and there is no assurance that - that Putin will stop with Ukraine.
— CBS News, 19 May 2024 -
The tone of the film allows no easy assurance that things will work out.
— Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 -
And that gave me the kind of assurance that everything was going to be OK on the work front.
— Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2022 -
This was true, at least, for me: beyond the assurances of health care and a steady salary, working in tech kept me in the world.
— Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024 -
Kay Ivey doesn’t need the false assurance of a pistol in her pocket.
— al, 18 May 2022 -
Guard Mark Sears, a transfer from Ohio, spoke to that self-assurance.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022 -
At the end of the day, that's what everyone has to do in order to survive: have self-assurance.
— Katherine Turman, EW.com, 29 July 2022 -
Still, with the Paramount board open to offers, and NAI also in play, there is no assurance that the three will be long-lived in their roles.
— Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024 -
The media’s job, in this moment, is not to raise alarms or offer assurances.
— Kyle Paoletta, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023 -
Besides, there’s no assurance even Johnson County will have the cash to do it again.
— Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Enjoy the assurance that comes with having clean clothes.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023 -
It was approved with Collier’s assurance that the only ROC zone in the area wouldn’t allow cannabis.
— Brady Williams, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024 -
The Mustang does not do mountain corners with the assurance of some upper-end sports cars, and it’s not supposed to.
— Josh Max, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 -
The High Court has now given them three weeks to provide further assurances.
— Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024 -
For parents, it can be seen as another layer of assurance their child will be safe on the field.
— Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023 -
There’s still no assurance that these steps will be enough to pay off all of its debts, however, the company said.
— Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024 -
In contrast, the people who had received assurance that some things wouldn’t change were more likely to support the shifts ahead.
— Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023 -
President Biden declined to sign off on the assurances on Sept. 6.
— Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023 -
But the union insists the threat to jobs is very real, and that the studios assurances are not worth nearly as much as management claims.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 July 2023
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