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- verb Present participle of
insure .
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Examples
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That presents a tension for regulators, who are judged on their performance in insuring safety and soundness; consumer protection almost always loses.
Archive 2009-06-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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But according to sources familiar with the investigation, the federal government has both an interest and the grounds to prosecute the abuses because housing agencies under HUD, particularly the Federal Housing Administration and Ginnie Mae, play a major role in insuring U.S. home loans.
U.S. probe targeting foreclosure documents Zachary A. Goldfarb 2010
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I realize that one purpose for the request is in insuring that you are a licensed driver, but, I believe more often not, they want to see it for ID purposes.
Release the Crowley/Gates tapes. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Fix the rules on the banks so there is no initial profit in insuring bad loans.
NASA Administrator: A New Name Is Circulating - NASA Watch 2009
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There were points raised that indicated Mr. Cheney was instrumental in insuring that Halliburton got the award and the award itself was not in conformance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), especially allowing it to go on year after year.
Obama: Government contracting reforms will save $19 billion 2009
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We can find common ground in insuring a safer and also more efficient energy and communications web, without which, our country will not survive.
Wonk Room » Gingrich Pushes Suspense Thriller-Based Foreign Policy 2009
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The Naturalistic anthropological perspective speaks of altruism as more of a developed collective behaviour that resulted in insuring self preservation, nothing more nothing less.
Child Abuse Alert 2009
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From the time pregnancy was suspected, members of Ruvu women's matrilineages appear to have played important roles in insuring healthy pregnancies and deliveries.
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Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.
Balkinization 2007
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Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.
Balkinization 2007
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