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assurance

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




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But when summits become a venue for essentially undermining allied assurance and adversary deterrence, their utility diminishes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Cooper went on to ask Lammy for an assurance the Hillsborough Bill would be brought back next week – allowing MPs to pass it before the summer break.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees mission management, systems engineering, and safety and mission assurance.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

This provides more assurance that the growth outlook is stable.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

“Battle fatigue, my daddy calls it,” Taylor said with assurance.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

During a visit to Ituri on Thursday, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba acknowledged "delays in payment" and gave assurances that the "organisational issue" at the root of the problem would be resolved.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

"Defendants have filed a Notice declining to provide such assurances."

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

EasyJet said it remained "concerned" about Castlelake's ownership structure and ability to deliver any offer, adding the investor would need to provide "satisfactory assurances and commitments" on those issues.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Greenspan agreed after receiving assurances that Nixon, who was hobbled by the Watergate scandal, wouldn’t resort to new wage-and-price controls.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Returning home with the same empty assurances as Brundage, Sherrill began to systematically deny the increasingly obvious evidence of what was happening to Jews in Germany.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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