as in assured
to make sure, certain, or safe
regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food
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Recent Examples of ensured
Then, Estévez ensured the Royals would walk away victorious and Avila earning his first big-league win.
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Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy ensured everyone was happy.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy has ensured that key players are stepping up at the right moments.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Even with the leadership turmoil that saw Christian Horner get replaced by Laurent Mekies as CEO and team principal of Red Bull, Verstappen's performances have ensured the team remains in fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Lovullo ensured the Diamondbacks never quit.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Mami Wata was invoked in Black communities by rituals that ensured safety, provided healing, and sowed self-worth.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Its curved shape also ensured support for hours on end, courtesy of a balanced approach to firmness and plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
This tool ensured that when spacetime interacts with matter as the quantum operator, the equations remain valid and don’t break any fundamental rules.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2025
Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy ensured everyone was happy.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
This strategy has ensured that key players are stepping up at the right moments.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Even with the leadership turmoil that saw Christian Horner get replaced by Laurent Mekies as CEO and team principal of Red Bull, Verstappen's performances have ensured the team remains in fourth place in the Constructors' Championship.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Lovullo ensured the Diamondbacks never quit.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Mami Wata was invoked in Black communities by rituals that ensured safety, provided healing, and sowed self-worth.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Its curved shape also ensured support for hours on end, courtesy of a balanced approach to firmness and plushness.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
This tool ensured that when spacetime interacts with matter as the quantum operator, the equations remain valid and don’t break any fundamental rules.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensured
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All this on account of a funny little book I’d been assured could never succeed.—
Joanne Harris
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The data follows the lackluster August jobs report that helped fuel investor hope that the Federal Reserve is all but assured to lower benchmark interest rates at its policy meeting later this month.—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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Also on the roster of new bakery items this season is the Mini Cake iced with cream cheese and decorated with buttercream pumpkins—perfect for sharing and guaranteed to be an instant centerpiece for any Friendsgiving table.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Musk and Bezos have admitted that a future in which humans live safely in permanent extraterrestrial habitats is not easy or guaranteed.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Ensured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensured. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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