insure
verb (used with object)
to guarantee against loss or harm.
has insured
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present perfectof insure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And it has insured 12% of the structures in the Eaton fire zone, giving it a potential exposure there of more than $775 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2025
Its life cover business has insured 1.5 million people to date and manages assets of around $680 million, according to its website.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021
In “Severance,” Shen Fever is wiping out the world’s population, but the hungers of capitalism, and the fracturing of globalization, is what has insured social death.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2018
Now Machado has insured that the Manny-and-dirty-play file will be examined.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2018
No part of Coleridge's embarrassment arises from his wife and children,—except that he has insured his life for a thousand pounds, and pays the annual premium.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Joseph Cottle
