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assurance

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




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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

Now government is loading it up with expensive new obligations: age assurance, content controls, compliance infrastructure, parental-control architecture, an outside auditor checking the work.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

“States now have a negotiated menu of age assurance, time limits, nighttime restrictions, parental controls, auditing, and monetary relief that they can put on the table,” Engstrom told me.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Hardy’s prose brims with assurance and wry details that come from lived experiences and conversations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The fair was so perfect, its grace and beauty like an assurance that for as long as it lasted nothing truly bad could happen to anyone, anywhere.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Sir Chris has 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. 27, 2026

The contemporary grocery aisle is full of labels, QR codes, lot numbers and assurances of transparency; nevertheless, the person pushing the cart is increasingly asked to perform the work of tracing the food backward herself.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

But those assurances didn’t seem to make much of an impression either.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Mr. Mladenov has offered assurances that none of these provisions will be perverted to keep Hamas in power, and he has a team including a two-star U.S. general working to prevent that.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

That said, Dasch refused to reveal more to Traynor before receiving certain assurances.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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