How to Use hedge against in a Sentence

hedge against

phrasal verb
Definition of hedge againstnext
  • The only way to hedge against this is to have a second provider available.
    — Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Of course Ray Dalio is trying to hedge against the election’s options.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The very act of watching over the grill — tongs in hand, your mind laser-focused on the meats — serves as a hedge against calamity.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The way to read the deal is as a bet on U.S. shale fracking and hedge against the left’s anti-fossil fuels policies.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In other words, good art can be a hedge against bad economic times.
    — Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, the index tracks the price of options often used to hedge against stock-market downturns.
    — WSJ, 27 June 2023
  • Others buy them as a hedge against inflation, like gold.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Property is perceived to be one of the best hedges against inflation, the report notes.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 11 May 2023
  • Activists in Iran and Turkey have sought to use the service as a hedge against government controls.
    — Adam Satariano, New York Times, 28 July 2023
  • Sounds like there might be better ways to hedge against market risk than snapping up those Costco gold bars.
    — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The increase in cargo volume to San Pedro Bay isn’t solely due to shippers hedging against a strike in the East.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Barclays, meanwhile, said that the best response to the rising prospect of a Trump victory is to hedge against inflation.
    — Carter Johnson, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • The central banks also turned to gold as a hedge against persistent inflation and the effects of the recession.
    — Sanford Mann, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Gold is also often considered to be a hedge against both the dollar and inflation.
    — Lucy Handley,katrina Bishop, CNBC, 25 July 2024
  • For a Promethean, hedging against X-risk is a good reason to go multiplanetary.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022
  • At a minimum, access to Russian oil and gas, China’s partial hedge against a sea blockade, would be at risk.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, Hero’s chairlift takes riders and skiers to shaded, east-facing runs, where the snow holds better, which is why Aspen Mountain has called the project a hedge against climate change.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Wall Street traders eventually got the memo, ditching downside protection and pushing the cost of hedging against drops to fresh lows.
    — Elena Popina, Fortune, 30 July 2023
  • Gold can be considered not just as a hedge against a weakening dollar but as a form of currency itself.
    — Max Baecker, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Savers often invest a smaller share of their funds in bonds, which offer lower returns but provide a hedge against the volatility of stocks.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Art, in its many expressions, acts as a hedge against indifference, as its very nature is meant to elicit a range of reactions.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The price to hedge against a U.S. government default has risen, as has the cost of government bonds due around the debt ceiling deadline - reflecting doubt about repayment.
    — Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • The price to hedge against a U.S. government default has risen, as has the cost of government bonds due around the debt ceiling deadline — reflecting doubt about repayment.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
  • But stocks are not specifically a hedge against inflation.
    — Mark Miller, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Much of this increase in volume can be attributed to the role that stablecoins play in the DeFi sector, both as a medium of exchange and hedges against more volatile cryptoassets.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Diversifying to high-yield chickens means farmers can hedge against crop failure with a cash stream that is also low carbon.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Gold is also used as a hedge against inflation (which can be pushed higher as rates go lower) and investors also buy the commodity in times of market stress.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Some of these countries—Singapore, for example—use the space that bipolarity affords them to hedge against the risk of overdependence on any one partner.
    — Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But the arrangement compels lenders to hedge against the possibility that falling interest rates will tear holes in their balance sheets.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Women would do well to load up on annuities, retirement experts say, as a hedge against outliving their savings.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024

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