insure
verb (used with object)
to guarantee against loss or harm.
insures
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present tense formof insure (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Michigan-based Hagerty Insurance, which specializes in insuring classic and enthusiast vehicles, has seen the number of 2000s Honda Civics and Toyota Corollas it insures more than double in the past three years alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-backed bank insures deposits of up to $250,000 per individual.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
So does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, which insures anyone with a U.S. bank account.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
The need and the opportunity matched up, and Morey’s insurance company still insures Japanese communities in California and Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
This good genius is always a gray-headed old man, with bright eyes and a soul of good-nature, and is, of course, invariably a bachelor—a delightful fiction which insures comfortable portions to the marriageable girls.
From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
