safeguard
Example Sentences
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By the time you retire at 65 or so, your savings should be in an age-appropriate mix to safeguard your principal, but with enough still in stocks to keep your balance growing faster than inflation.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday highlighted a separate partnership with the UFC to teach federal gents "amazing tactics so they can safeguard American lives."
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
In response, the company said it would now make those safeguard notifications visible as well.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Plans to safeguard North Yorkshire's trees and woodlands, while boosting the environment and people's wellbeing, are set to be considered.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
As we showed our I.D.s to leave the prison—a safeguard against inmates walking out the front door—I decided that if I were an escaping in-mate, I’d stay away from the fence.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing safeguard
Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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A Single Shard
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