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certainty

[sur-tn-tee] / ˈsɜr tn ti /




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Venezuela’s oil minister, Paula Henao, told a Houston investment conference on Wednesday that the country’s new legal and regulatory changes offer “a much clearer regulatory framework, with legal certainty for the investor, with dispute resolution.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Another factor is President Donald Trump’s nomination on Wednesday afternoon of a new Food and Drug Administration commissioner, which grants some certainty to investors who have been unsure about the future direction of the regulator.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Bursting through the confinements of movie logic, “It Ends” untrains audiences out of their certainty that every crisis has a solution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Justice minister Paul Goldsmith said the legislation would give certainty to businesses around their climate obligations.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Bingley expressed great pleasure in the certainty of seeing Elizabeth again, having still a great deal to say to her, and many enquiries to make after all their Hertfordshire friends.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

This is an inflection point, with Iran poised precariously between old certainties and future possibilities, both at home and abroad.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

These calculations are useful, but they are estimates rather than certainties.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

AI systems produce probabilities, and people treat them as certainties.

From Salon May 12, 2026

He prided himself on having a mind unstained by certainties.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

Nothing seemed clear at first, but as I fell gradually closer to unconsciousness, a few certainties became evident.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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