Thesaurus results for SURETIES

sureties

noun

plural of surety

as in contracts

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason

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a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back

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Recent Examples of sureties At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity. — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 When your understanding of reality is challenged in such profound and disturbing ways that the sureties of science, religion or simple common sense provide neither comfort nor closure? — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

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While the district took a series of cost-cutting steps — including freezing spending on supplies, hiring and most new contracts, as well as laying off employees — successive budget updates showed the financial hole continuing to deepen.

— Chaewon Chung August 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026
That could include smaller firms, venture capital backed startups, and companies looking to get in on potentially lucrative government contracts.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of contracts

Noun

Wild cards announced further in advance can attract sponsors.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Some critics were also concerned the project’s sponsors, including Boeing, Shell, Toyota, United Airlines and Royal Caribbean, had business in front of the Department of Transportation.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sponsors

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Kulusich says she's witnessed other Disneyland patrons touch character actors or ask them inappropriate questions.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of patrons

Noun

Today, though, two of the largest guarantors of such completion bonds are merging in a move that could have a big impact on the indie film space.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Neighbors digging with their hands is usually the true image of first responders, yet the longer that image lasts the more evident the State’s failure is in fulfilling its duties as guarantors of life and public safety.

— Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

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