ensuring

VERB

guarantee; make secure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assure establish insure protect provide safeguard secure

STRONG

arrange certify cinch clinch confirm effect guard okay warrant

WEAK

lock on lock up make certain make safe make sure nail down put on ice set out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

endanger harm hurt injure

STRONG

contradict deny forget ignore invalidate neglect reject repudiate veto

Example Sentences

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ensuring

By flipping out at anyone who brings it up, they’re only ensuring more people are paying attention.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

In a post on his Truth Social platform Monday, Trump said his “number one Goal” remained ensuring that Iran “cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Ghana was the crime scene where these atrocities took place, so Ghana cannot afford to be silent on ensuring that we hold perpetrators accountable," Ablakwa says.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

It described the move as a precautionary measure aimed at ensuring the safety of bystanders and the operational capabilities of authorities to counter potential drones.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The answer, it seems, is ensuring the continued imprisonment of his sister.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling