SECURITIES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

securities

noun

plural of security

as in safeguards

means or method of defending measures taken to beef up our national security

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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 Interest rates, or yields, on longer-term Treasury securities, which had already risen before the meeting, moved higher. — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 In 2015, the year after he was elected Texas attorney general, Paxton was charged with securities fraud. — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The program does not reduce the government's overall debt load, but is designed to improve liquidity by buying back existing securities. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Crypto companies have long argued that crypto tokens more closely resemble commodities than securities, and should, for the most part, not be subject to the SEC's rules. — Hannah Lang, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Insider trading liability under the securities laws was built by courts over decades of common-law development. — The Insider, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The parties are being sued for securities fraud, common law fraud, breach of contract and other claims. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Common sources include savings accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), bonds, and some kinds of Treasury securities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

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Last week, Flock Safety's CEO announced safeguards in response to misuse concerns around the country.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Board member Jackie Traynere, the chair of the Transportation Committee, said the County Board members will continue to look at safeguards for the Flock cameras and notify municipalities of any amendments to their existing agreements.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of safeguards

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Such a move would mark a significant expansion of Moscow and Pyongyang’s military cooperation and comes as Ukraine is running painfully short of air defenses.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The United States has about 28,500 forces stationed in South Korea to bolster the country's defenses — a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of defenses

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Great Things typically makes three- to five-year pledges, supporting nonprofits such as an after-school boxing academy in the Bronx and Every Cure, which repurposes existing drugs to treat rare disease.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Kickstarter's publishing category has drawn more than $380 million in pledges across more than 69,000 projects since 2009, with year-over-year growth on every metric since before 2020.

— JD Barker, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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But the fate of Mangione’s state case, set to go to trial next month, now hangs in the balance as his attorneys seek to get second-degree murder and weapons charges dismissed over double jeopardy protections.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions — though they are not guaranteed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of protections

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Such weapons are proving increasingly difficult for Kyiv to shoot down, with supplies of US Patriot interceptors – one of the few systems capable of taking down ballistic missiles pretty much exhausted.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of weapons

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Ivan was married, with two children, and worked as the curator of a small museum that collected artifacts from the eastern highlands, like masks and shields.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
These troops generally fought with swords and shields, using a method of warfare that involved rapid movement and raids.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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