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security blanket

NOUN
psychological support
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When I was very small, I had, as many children do, a security blanket known as “Blankie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

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

A regular landline dial tone, reaching out from the past like a security blanket, a sign that the world beyond this fence still exists.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed