reassurance
Example Sentences
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She said: "Investigations are ongoing, and a police presence remains in the area for reassurance purposes."
From BBC
He added: "I hope today's verdict provides comfort and reassurance to our Jewish community and to all the people of Greater Manchester that justice has been served."
From BBC
The report, which was boosted by healthy consumer and business spending, provided some reassurance to investors about the economic outlook after a string of increasingly weakening jobs data.
From Barron's
We tolerate misallocation because we are purchasing something other than objects: reassurance, attention, belonging—a ritualized way of saying you matter to me and I am willing to incur a cost to prove it.
But he hopes that today will provide some reassurance.
From BBC
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