insure
verb (used with object)
to guarantee against loss or harm.
are insuring
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present progressiveof insure.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Both networks are insuring they will be orchestrators and not casualties of stablecoins and agentic commerce,” Matthew O’Neill, payments analyst at BofA Securities, wrote in an email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
The actual financial benefits depend on whether you are insuring your car, your home or your life — and whether the potential long-term gains outweigh the higher upfront costs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
“Funding education means that you are insuring each and every child for success,” said Dhingra, a 42-year-old who lives in Redmond with her husband and two children.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2017
We are insuring tractors, water pumps, even poultry.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2010
It is clear that some limitation of the literary stock-in-trade will become increasingly urgent as time goes on, and the question may well occur as to whether we are insuring the right baggage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
