JEOPARDIZED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

jeopardized

verb

past tense of jeopardize

as in endangered

to place in danger don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board

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Recent Examples of jeopardized Each state could use its health department or university system to establish production facilities to manufacture vaccines jeopardized by federal policy. — Joel Dodge, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026 The health pact had been jeopardized by privacy concerns over sharing citizens’ data. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, the bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens. — Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Marlene Nuechterlein, who lives on Lincoln Street, said frequent outages jeopardized her and her husband’s health because both use CPAP machines at night to manage sleep apnea. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026 The extended delay and the fee could have potentially jeopardized the deal altogether. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 The situation jeopardized the US government’s policy of ensuring two separate rocket types are available to launch national security payloads into orbit. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The school could argue that the conference hastily convened the vote, perhaps in violation of bylaws or conference customs, and in doing so jeopardized its contracts with coaches, sponsors, media and licensing partners, and others. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Sources said a polygon had been established there to ensure no Israeli strikes or ground operations endangered the hostages.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

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And conducting that work within Anthropic risked constraining White Circle from sharing it with the public.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Attacks on Saudi Arabia risked derailing the market recovery, the IEA said in its report, with Saudi production increases in September driving OPEC+ supply gains that month.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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