harbor
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈhɑːrbər/
- US
:
refugio
- But there's a safe harbor, which means, OK, we're going to give you a break.
- a safe harbor
- provide a safe harbor
- offer a safe harbor
But alas, narcissistic relationships are the harbors that we get stuck in.
- But alas, narcissistic relationships are the harbors that we get stuck in.
- Real estate, again, real estate has been basically the best safe harbor.
- However, in the inflationary time, rather than buying bonds and holding cash, you're going to want to hold a safe harbor assets which some people consider that to be gold.
- Your, your channel doesn't exist for these, these strikes have to be issued via Twitch, otherwise Twitch loses safe harbor.
Examples
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Even the growing popularity of mediation hasn't offered a safe harbor for reform-fleeing lawyers.
Academic text (2006) -
A far better strategy would be to provide a safe harbor for doctors who follow evidence-based guidelines.
Academic text (2011) -
Was there to be no safe harbor for him anywhere?
Fiction book (1999) -
This course pack, written by guess who, is your map to a safe economic harbor.
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The first one is the safe harbor for small taxpayers.
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Twenty could return with a few weeks' work in a safe harbor.
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The SEC could consider providing a safe harbor for expanded voluntary information.
Academic text (2005) -
Yet, while reforms pursued outside Catholicism were doomed to flounder, they could find safe harbor within the Catholic Church.
Academic text (2018) -
For Bosnia, a single safe harbor (as for the Kurds in northern Iraq) would not suffice.
Academic text (1993) -
After a long day, she found her home to be a warm and welcoming harbor from the pressures of life.
Synonyms
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3.3
A safe place or person that protects you from harm
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3.9
A safe place where people or animals are protected from danger
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4.1
A safe place where people go to escape danger
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3.9
A place or situation that protects people from danger
A place where people or ships find safety from danger
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.7
A harbor in Hawaii where a United States navy base was attacked by Japan in 1941
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2.8
A large natural harbor and seaport in Boston, Massachusetts with historic ships and waterfront attractions
- Formal
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5.3
A legal rule that protects a company from fines when it meets certain conditions
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3.7
A large steel arch bridge that crosses Sydney Harbour and links the city center to the North Shore
- Specialized
A small sea animal like a dolphin that lives near coasts in the northern Atlantic and Pacific
How Safe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Harbor began as a word for a 'shelter' (from old English beorg) used by people and armies, which is why it also means a place where someone feels safe and protected. That's why we can call a home or friendship a harbor from trouble.