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assurance

[uh-shoor-uhns, -shur-] / əˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr- /




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Chief Facilities Executive Krisztina Tokes could offer no such assurance, advising the board that state earthquake mitigation funds are underfunded and oversubscribed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

A sense of assurance is crucial to her, in part because she has experienced homelessness and housing insecurity.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

"We need some kind of assurance that there is a long-term plan to support the funding of placements in work, to support young people into employment and to support employers."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Like many of the best covers, Harris sings this young girl’s chronicle of her long-suffering mother’s sacrifices with such natural assurance that you’d think “To Daddy” had been written for her.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Anything to bring back the assurance he’d felt in the parking lot only a few minutes earlier.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

A petition signed by two thousand people sent last month to Palau's congress sought assurances from Washington that the population would be safe should war reach their shores.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Those assurances weren’t provided in talks last month, Carney said, which then collapsed and triggered new U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods, and proposed retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa set to take effect on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The IMF said in its statement that it would also require "receipt of the necessary financing assurances from Senegal's partners".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

He's asked for written assurances that the commission's decision-making processes are "fair and robust", that they act "independently and impartially" and that they have a plan to "enhance public confidence".

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

When little Vladimir finally relinquished her, with assurances that he was ‘desolated to leave so early’, she was ready to rest, and see how her recreant knight had borne his punishment.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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