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as in contract
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation
gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason
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as in sponsor
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing
a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back
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as in assurance
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety
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Recent Examples of surety
Though a standard mounting of this work usually sees a cast anywhere from 15 or 20, Chance daringly strips deeper to the bone, a taut ensemble of nine carried by directorial surety and sufficient theatrical talent at work powering Christopher Bond’s 2-hour, 45-minute adaptation.
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
Bell was released on a $10,000 cash/surety and is also scheduled to appear in court on July 29.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
He was arraigned in a court in Chelsea and issued a $2 million bond or surety.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2024
Both face up to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder; both had bonds set at $1 million cash or surety, and both are slated to return to court later this month.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 23 July 2024
Bell was released on a $10,000 cash/surety and is also scheduled to appear in court on July 29.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
He was arraigned in a court in Chelsea and issued a $2 million bond or surety.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2024
Both face up to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder; both had bonds set at $1 million cash or surety, and both are slated to return to court later this month.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Such a contract would, at first glance, fall short of the 10-year, $700 million deal that took worldwide superstar Shohei Ohtani across Southern California to the Los Angeles Dodgers.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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About 5,000 Textron workers in Wichita ratified a new labor contract in late October that included a 31% pay raise over five years.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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The company has extended the deadline to complete its initial business combination to November 20, 2024, with further extensions possible upon sponsor approval.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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New award sponsors this year include the South Korean entertainment group CJ ENM HK, Blintn, ADATA Technology, First Bank, Genesis Wave Film Co., ZW ENM, Shoei Contents Corporation, and Philippines’ QCinema Project Market.Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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His family later sued Alameda County and received a $7 million settlement along with assurances that the sheriff’s office would implement new training for its deputies.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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There are no assurances regarding the success of these efforts.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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There is no guarantee offered that investment return, yield, or performance will be achieved.Wes Moss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Renewable and other infrastructure projects are financed by partnerships between governments and businesses, spreading out the risk, since there is no guarantee that something built isn’t destroyed by missiles.Peter Prengaman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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While some patrons are sad to see longtime purveyors leave, the response has mostly been positive, Gallup said.Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Unlike most late fall festivals, Thessaloniki in Northern Greece regularly draws packed crowds of passionate and youthful patrons, largely thanks to the city’s significant student population.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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The certainty of the data is why our reports focus on the production costs of movies rather than their marketing costs or merchandise and home entertainment revenues.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The legal standard is something called reasonable certainty of no harm.Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
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Shop more of our Black Friday content including beauty deals and K-beauty must-haves.Annie Blackman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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But that deal collapsed in January after more than two years of negotiations.Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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As the foundations for building an independent adult life continue to crumble under young people’s feet, hypervigilant parents are fixated more than ever on the top-flight college degree as a guarantor of their children’s financial comfort and social standing.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Getting a Nobel Peace Prize is by no means a guarantor that the efforts of its recipient have or will be successful.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Surety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surety. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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