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as in safeguards
means or method of defending
this small umbrella is adequate protection in a sudden shower
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as in defenders
someone that protects
the bodyguard was her protection from overzealous fans
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Recent Examples of protections
So when Missouri had minimal protections, we were stuck with Kansas and our inability to update our child's birth certificate there.
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
McClure’s is one of at least eight North Carolina cases affected by what federal public defenders say are unconstitutional conditions that violate protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
The decision reinforces due process protections for immigrants and citizens alike, curbing warrantless arrests and asserting that even federal agents must answer to the same legal standards they are sworn to uphold.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Leaving the prison after a visit on Wednesday morning, another of Sarkozy’s lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, declined to provide journalists with a comment on Sarkozy’s police protections.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
In return, Mansour said, the hockey league will get a suite of customer protections.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Then, in February, two months before Adam’s death, OpenAI further softened its remaining protections against encouraging self-harm, the complaint alleges.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The company agreed to add new protections to its services to ensure Denver’s data isn’t shared with the federal government, according to a news release.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
There were 44 people who spoke in opposition to removing protections for the LGBTQ+ community during public comments and 57 non-speakers in opposition at Tuesday’s meeting.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
Solcyré Burga, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
McClure’s is one of at least eight North Carolina cases affected by what federal public defenders say are unconstitutional conditions that violate protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
The decision reinforces due process protections for immigrants and citizens alike, curbing warrantless arrests and asserting that even federal agents must answer to the same legal standards they are sworn to uphold.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Leaving the prison after a visit on Wednesday morning, another of Sarkozy’s lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, declined to provide journalists with a comment on Sarkozy’s police protections.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
In return, Mansour said, the hockey league will get a suite of customer protections.
—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Then, in February, two months before Adam’s death, OpenAI further softened its remaining protections against encouraging self-harm, the complaint alleges.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The company agreed to add new protections to its services to ensure Denver’s data isn’t shared with the federal government, according to a news release.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
There were 44 people who spoke in opposition to removing protections for the LGBTQ+ community during public comments and 57 non-speakers in opposition at Tuesday’s meeting.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protections
Noun
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Companies that host or enable these tools must now consider stronger safeguards and faster takedown systems.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Lawsuit alleges OpenAI weakened suicide safeguards to boost ChatGPT use.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bearzot didn’t select a replacement for Antognoni, instead playing both Gentile and Bergomi and switching to a system featuring five defenders in front of 40-year-old goalkeeper Dino Zoff, the side’s captain.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Smolen scrambled and threw a high pass into the end zone, where Thompson was smothered by three defenders.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Iran — much like Venezuela — has air defenses against drones.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Your immune system also uses sleep to recharge its defenses.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unlike many modern helmets, the EagleEye ballistic protection has ear protectors built in.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Edwards has been bothered in the past by good perimeter defenders backed by quality rim protectors.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The tree’s hardwood is excellent for fuel, boomerangs, clubs, and shields.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Just three days in and these XL-sized shields are thick as thieves, which doesn’t seem threatening to anyone whose name isn’t Annie.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Both biological parents and those with parental responsibility over children, including legal guardians and foster parents, would be eligible for the exemption.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Protections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protections. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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