as in assuring
to make sure, certain, or safe
regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food
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Recent Examples of ensuring
Referee Dan Schachner returns for his 15th year to oversee the action, ensuring fair play as these furry athletes compete for championship glory and their forever homes.
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2026
Barbara Hines, an immigration lawyer who spent her career ensuring immigrants could access education, feels hopeful for the Dream Act’s restoration.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026
The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment, but officials there have broadly defended the department’s actions as not only justified but necessary for ensuring the rule of law and holding alleged criminals to account.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Congress already has passed half this year’s funding bills, ensuring that several important federal agencies and programs continue to operate through September.
—Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The outlet also highlights random alcohol testing as another precaution for ensuring pilots are sober.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Sheffield said her executive order expects to provide residents with transparency into existing and new standards, along with ensuring the process is fair, equitable and compliant with state law.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Regardless of the format, three concerns have consistently emerged as critical to ensuring the long-term health of the domestic economy and solving the affordability problem.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
The system will also be able to auto adjust to different ambient lighting needs, ensuring optimum picture quality for daytime or after-dark spaces.
—New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Feb. 2026
Barbara Hines, an immigration lawyer who spent her career ensuring immigrants could access education, feels hopeful for the Dream Act’s restoration.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026
The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment, but officials there have broadly defended the department’s actions as not only justified but necessary for ensuring the rule of law and holding alleged criminals to account.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Congress already has passed half this year’s funding bills, ensuring that several important federal agencies and programs continue to operate through September.
—Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
The outlet also highlights random alcohol testing as another precaution for ensuring pilots are sober.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
Sheffield said her executive order expects to provide residents with transparency into existing and new standards, along with ensuring the process is fair, equitable and compliant with state law.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Regardless of the format, three concerns have consistently emerged as critical to ensuring the long-term health of the domestic economy and solving the affordability problem.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
The system will also be able to auto adjust to different ambient lighting needs, ensuring optimum picture quality for daytime or after-dark spaces.
—New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensuring
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Some fears exist among the British right that Reform’s success could still be squashed by an alliance of Labour, the Green Party, the Lib Dems, and a confederation of minor parties if a pact is not struck with the Conservatives, assuring a unified right-wing bloc.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bowe, who still holds the world record in the 1,000 m and also qualified in the 1,500 m for Beijing, decided to give up her 500-m spot, assuring Jackson would race at the Olympics.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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The impasse is virtually guaranteeing another shutdown of potentially broad swaths of the federal government on the heels of last year's record-breaking crisis.—
Lori Comstock,
The Providence Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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There is another circular element to the deal where Nvidia's investment essentially helps fund purchases of its own products, while simultaneously guaranteeing to be a customer.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Ensuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensuring. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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