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
Even today’s self-imposed assignment to narrow the list to the 10 likeliest nominees proved a harrowing task; instead, I have hedged with an unlucky 13.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
U.S. officials, for their part, say they want an ambitious agreement but have hedged on restrictions.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
Hanzawa assured of the health of the Japanese banking sector, saying that major banks have hedged their positions in foreign bonds and regional banks have already sold substantial amounts of them.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023
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
