securities

noun

plural of security
1
as in safeguards
means or method of defending measures taken to beef up our national security

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2
as in guarantees
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise their house will serve as security for the loan

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Recent Examples of securities Mortgage rates are also influenced by other factors, like investor demand for Treasury securities and broader economic conditions. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of next year, according to a securities filing. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 In addition to the criminal charges, the SEC’s Chicago regional office filed a civil complaint accusing Gilchrist of securities fraud. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026 Paxton began investigating the project in March 2025 and sued the developers in December, alleging violations of state securities law. — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 While swaps traditionally help institutions manage risk associated with currencies, commodities, securities and similar instruments, Nelson opined that Kalshi’s sports event contracts serve a fundamentally different purpose. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Dick’s Sporting Goods faces questions over weakening demand Levi & Korsinsky on Friday announced an inquiry into possible securities claims against Dick’s following its second-quarter earnings miss and reduced outlook. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 The legislation aims to define digital assets as securities or commodities, expanding CFTC authority. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The main reason his company uses NDAs, Cummins said, is securities law. — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for securities
  1. safeguards
  2. guarantees
  3. defenses
  4. pledges
  5. protections
  6. ammunitions
  7. weapons
  8. shields
Noun
  • The incident, along with subsequent episodes disclosed by Anthropic and Meta, sparked an industry-wide push to slow development of frontier AI models to improve safeguards keeping autonomous agents under human control.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • My daughter is what those statistics look like when government safeguards fail.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • The minor-league system offers hope, but as always, no guarantees.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • When comparing offers, look at the interest rate, repayment term, payment frequency, fees, collateral requirements, personal guarantees and prepayment terms.
    — Joseph Lustberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of guarantees
Noun
  • Last season, according to TruMedia, defenses were in nickel or dime packages — five or six defensive backs — on close to 70 percent of snaps.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Adversaries may soon be able to fly drones in coordinated swarms using AI, effectively overwhelming any defenses.
    — Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • The visiting leaders took to Kyiv pledges of further military and financial support.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This bottom line cannot be changed by misguiding community benefit agreements or voluntary pledges.
    — Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of pledges
Noun
  • The Overton window for acceptable AI use in Hollywood continues to widen as Hollywood actors, television hosts, and influencers embrace cloning with protections and compensation.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Projects would also face limits on air pollution and requirements related to clean backup power, green building standards and worker protections.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ammunitions
Noun
  • Lebanese soldiers deployed there are tasked with preventing armed non-state actors, like Hezbollah, from coming in; confiscating any weapons and remnants of war; and restoring state authority.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By the end of 2010, the TSA had deployed around 500 machines designed to detect non-metallic weapons and explosives, the TSA's website said.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • Drops railway temperatures To prevent high-speed aerodynamic forces from ripping the heat shields off, researchers secured the magnetic strips with dual mechanical fasteners.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of shields

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“Securities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/securities. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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