Example Sentences

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Burnham may try to convince markets that he will ensure his plans add up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The latter measure will ensure that votes genuinely originate from the country in which they are submitted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

A power of attorney for healthcare decisions will ensure that he has someone to act on his behalf in a medical context.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Schoenberg was so sure his new dodecaphonic system would take off that he declared triumphantly, ‘I have made a discovery which will ensure the supremacy of German music for the next hundred years.’

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall