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

It was responsible for “alignment,” ensuring AI models behaved as intended and didn’t go rogue or destroy humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Whatever the legal and political arguments surrounding his case, the basic decency of ensuring a court-ordered medical process is actually completed is not, in our view, a controversial request."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The program reflects a national commitment to ensuring that older Americans have access to healthcare.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

Discussions also addressed "efforts aimed at bringing closer the viewpoints between Turkey and Israel and ensuring the current tension between the two countries are not reflected on Syria territory", the report added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

I close the door to the office, ensuring my privacy, and pull out the last box of ÁguaViva.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman