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as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter
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as in housing
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
the prison was hedged by a high stone wall
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Recent Examples of hedging
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
This approach can also be useful for long-term hedging or wealth preservation.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
Retail investors have been turning up their noses at balanced funds in recent years, opting for a DIY approach in the search for attractive returns and effective hedging, an analysis from JPMorgan found.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
Pursuing greater independence would mean higher taxes, social spending cuts, and possibly conscription or nuclearization—all of which are likely to be jarring and unnerving to citizens, who may vote out of office those politicians who seek the path of hedging.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2025
When visa policies can change faster than hiring cycles and funding commitments can reverse without warning, geographic diversification has shifted from defensive hedging to competitive necessity.
—Ivan Houlihan, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
The benefits of variation An evolutionary theory called bet-hedging suggests that in an unpredictable environment, having options can be less risky.
—Shraddha Lall, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Other actors stacked up projects like poker chips, supplementing TV work with movies, theatre gigs, or branding deals, feverishly hedging against the risks of a shrinking industry.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
For Thailand, submarines aren’t a top defense priority; this is less about military need and more about political signaling and hedging between great powers.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
Greg Cote
january 1, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
Cameron has also been hedging his bets in the press with regard to Avatar 4 and 5, so Bliss is on pins and needles like everybody else.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
And other countries hedging between Washington and Beijing will take note.
—Kevin Whitaker, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025
Unfortunately, for the Michigan Wolverines, signing day meant two four-star recruits hedging on their commitment and refusing to sign just yet.
—Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Investors and lenders are already hedging their bets by trading more derivatives that offer payouts if individual tech companies default on their debt.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
After hedging a bit, Payton acknowledged the significance of the Broncos’ victory.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Nov. 2025
Solomon has been bullish on artificial intelligence throughout 2025, while hedging his bets on whether some portion of the stock market is in a bubble.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
Bet-hedging super PACs aren’t offering a coherent policy position for voters to weigh but instead trying to cover all bases in an election.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Dominic Volek, group head at Henley & Partners, frames the trend as one of rebalancing and hedging jurisdictional exposure.
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The choreography of hedging between Washington and Beijing, while simultaneously adjusting to American pressure, masks a deeper continuity.
—Verb
Like Birds’ pass defense to cool down Shough, but hedging with Saints to cover getting that extra half-point.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hedging
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Attorneys for the families said a tentative settlement has been reached, pending school board approval.—
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In the interim, a tentative March 3 trial date has been set for the remaining rape charge, even as Weinstein appears to be mulling a guilty plea.—
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There was a bill introduced last legislative session that would have empowered citizens to sue for allegedly deceptive practices, fraud, harassment, intimidation or misrepresentation during the acquisition of land access agreements by carbon pipeline land agents.—
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The misrepresentation of the acts of Jan 6, 2021, and the recent death of Renee Nicole Goode in Minneapolis highlight the illusion of truth and its perils to society.—
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The university will open a new residence hall in 2026, housing another 300 students on its 175-acre campus.—
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The 100,000-square-foot building formerly housing the clothing and home goods store is being transformed into multiple shops, with a new name and new facade, said John Ardigo, director of construction with Tourmaline Capital, a real estate development firm working on the project.—
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Soltani's uncertain fate garnered international attention after activists said his family had been told he would be executed for involvement in the anti-government protests that swept across the Islamic Republic in early January.—
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While the future of the IT workforce appears uncertain, its non-human partners are set to thrive as companies increasingly adopt new technologies.—
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The board’s decision cited a piece from The New York Times that reported the fabrication rate of some new AI systems was as high as 79%.—
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Zand said chants supporting Pahlavi during recent protests reflect genuine sentiment, not fabrication, though such claims are difficult to independently verify amid internet shutdowns and state censorship.—
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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.—
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While Bryant was able to come from behind, the Lady Hornets had a hard time shaking off the Lady Warriors.—
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Details-wise, Johnson is seeing an uptick in adding brass rods, enclosing bookshelves with a textured wallpaper, or adding unique millwork design flourishes that aren’t in a standard Shaker-style.—
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Identifying a suitable location for a deep geological nuclear facility is as complex as the construction itself, requiring vast, stable rock formations capable of safely enclosing an underground repository.—
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Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.—
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He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.—
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“Hedging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedging. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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