hedge
noun
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow.
have hedged
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present perfectof hedge.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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Criticks, do your worst, that here are met; For, like a Rook, I have hedged in my Bet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
U.S. officials, for their part, say they want an ambitious agreement but have hedged on restrictions.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
SVB should have recognized that rates were going to go up eventually and should have hedged against that very predictable risk to its long-term holdings — known as “maturity risk.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
Many shale companies have hedged a majority of expected 2021 oil production at an average price below $45 a barrel, well below current market prices, Enverus' Andy McConn said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2021
Where we have hedged fields and parklands, they had village communities, moorlands, fens and forests of enormous size.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
