as in to endanger
to place in danger
don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board
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Recent Examples of jeopardize
The entire social impact team was let go in late March, and just this week, an international arm of the programming department was laid off, jeopardizing efforts to get talented artists from outside the United States booked for this season.
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Nick Kurtz, CBS News, 16 May 2025
The cancellation has jeopardized research in universities in virtually every state, leaving researchers scrambling to find funding for projects that in many cases are only partly completed.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Would Trump allow American Depositary Receipt (ADR) delisting to jeopardize a major trade deal?
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Its declining levels potentially jeopardize municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Nick Kurtz, CBS News, 16 May 2025
The cancellation has jeopardized research in universities in virtually every state, leaving researchers scrambling to find funding for projects that in many cases are only partly completed.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Would Trump allow American Depositary Receipt (ADR) delisting to jeopardize a major trade deal?
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Its declining levels potentially jeopardize municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardize
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Atlanta provided him a second chance, but that opportunity appears endangered.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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With fewer than 400 individuals left in fragmented forest habitats, it is critically endangered.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Diddy's former assistant George Kaplan says rapper threatened his job 'monthly' Kaplan, who worked as Combs' executive assistant from 2014-2015, testified on May 21 that the rapper threatened his job on an almost monthly basis.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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