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• present participle of hedge.

hedging

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1. The practice by which a business or investor limits risk by taking positions that tend to offset each other. For example, a business stands to lose money if the price of a commodity it holds declines, but it can offset this risk by agreeing to sell a specified amount of the commodity at a set price at some point in the future.

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Hedge funds, which are investment funds usually open only to the very wealthy, grew in the 1990s. The near failure of one such fund in 1998, Long-Term Capital Management, sent shock waves through Wall Street.

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That kind of hedging is the danger of making friends mad.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

“It’s also why banks are looking at hedging that outcome.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But her hedging has dismayed some former campaign staffers and supporters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

But some are still hedging their bets rather than rushing for the exits.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

However, hedging his bets in case things go bad, Booth says he wants the letter back if he finds Matthews before ten tomorrow morning.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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