security blanket
Example Sentences
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That uniformity is a security blanket for Joy Yip, a 47-year-old real-estate agent who recently visited a Costco near Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024
One of the game’s best route runners, the dependable Cooper is a security blanket for Watson and P.J.
From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2023
Without his security blanket, reigning NFL league MVP Patrick Mahomes was just 21 of 39 for 226 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
