I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hedge fund
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even congressional leaders who pushed hardest for it were sufficiently nervous to build in some hedges against runaway presidential abuse.
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From the other side of the hedge came the wild barking of hounds.
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I was found asleep under a hedge , a partly sampled bottle still clutched protectively in my hands.
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I watched from under the hedge when one day two big black cars came.
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I watched him as far as the corner of the curator's garden, and saw him turn in alongside the hedge .
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Much of the old field pattern therefore remains, with its tangle of deep lanes and thick hedges.
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Now, crouching against the rough hedge , he considered the possibilities.
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The hedges bordering the roads are valuable from a conservation standpoint.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bet
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Not surprisingly, Whitehall has been hedging its bets with officials preparing briefs to cover a variety of eventualities.
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However, that has not stopped the cable companies from hedging their bets by getting into the satellite business, too.
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Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice.
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Now, what will we have to hedge our bets on?
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I made a decision, or rather I hedged my bets .
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Still, it always is wise to hedge our bets about the future.
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Maybe, I tell myself, I was really hedging my bets .
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Pat Hayes, a 10-year plant veteran at the age of 30, has already begun to hedge her bets .
risk
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Firms that provide these swaps often buy or sell U. S. Treasuries to hedge the risk of sudden swings in interest rates.
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It allows you to diversify real-estate holdings, hedging your risk should prices in one market drop.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dunes of wood chips and mountains of logs rose even with the hillsides that hedged in the valley.
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Historically, this was driven by a complex web of lineage lines in which one set of loyalties was hedged against another.
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However, that has not stopped the cable companies from hedging their bets by getting into the satellite business, too.
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In each case, the reforms were hedged in with clauses designed to preserve leeway for the authorities.
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This is a subservient way of talking in which everything is hedged about and nothing asserted outright.