How to Use guaranteed in a Sentence

guaranteed

adjective
  • However, the final year of that deal is non-guaranteed.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • The Nuggets are unlikely to bring him back at a non-guaranteed salary of $10 million.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • In Gaza, the call or text alerts are far from guaranteed and – at most – give residents a few minutes to evacuate.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There are many ways that Potter’s deal being completely non-guaranteed can help the franchise.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Better a small but guaranteed benefit now than a larger theoretical one down the road.
    — Bruno Binetti, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Evaluate your retirement savings, as these funds will bridge any gap between your spending rate and guaranteed income.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Davis went into the summer with a non-guaranteed contract for the 2025-26 season.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to being a perfectly fine end-of-roster wing, those non-guaranteed deals can be valuable in making the financial aspects of a trade work.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2021
  • The veteran who signed a non-guaranteed contract in the offseason has been critical to New York’s defensive run as of late.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The guard, who re-joined Minnesota on a non-guaranteed deal just a month earlier, was suddenly bringing the ball up the floor in the final frame of a tight season opener.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
  • However, there are no guaranteed outcomes; the IRS always makes final approvals.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Valanciunas has a $10 million non-guaranteed salary for next season, with $2 million of it guaranteed.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
  • Tony Bradley and his non-guaranteed contract are right at the intersection of those two things and will be a storyline to monitor during training camp for the Pacers.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Wilson’s contract included a partial guarantee, while Martin entered the season on a fully non-guaranteed deal.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Rivers has echoed that same sentiment and highlighted the play of Amir Coffey, who is on a non-guaranteed contract, following the Bucks’ first on-court session of camp.
    — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • After all, there is no guaranteed that Simons and Sharpe will ever contend with or without the player selected with the 2023 lottery pick.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • France, signed to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal, handled the position for much of the 2025 season until he was dealt at the trade deadline to the Toronto Blue Jays.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 Oct. 2025
  • By recently declining Williams’ $10 million bonus, that money was added into what’s now a $32 million non-guaranteed salary for the upcoming season.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Trading a non-guaranteed contract can be challenging under the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But the funding included new guidelines that limited guaranteed returning grant funds for organizations and put a 30% cap on funding for permanent housing programs.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The one-year, non-guaranteed deal could be converted to either a two-way contract or a Exhibit 10 deal if Brown doesn't make the team out of training camp, according to his agent, Steven Haney.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That’s not including Jonas Valanciunas’s $10 million non-guaranteed salary and four other players with team options totaling $13 million.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Chen, who entered training camp this spring on a non-guaranteed contract with her roster spot in question, hit 5-of-10 shots and buried a pair of threes, helping ignite a third-quarter takeover from the Valkyries in which the road team won the period 20-12.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
  • Even if Denver clears out $10 million in cap space in the form of Jonas Valanciunas’ non-guaranteed salary, will there be enough room for the front office to both negotiate a new deal that pays Watson market value and fill out the rest of the roster?
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Valanciunas will be paid at least $2 million of his $10 million non-guaranteed salary next season, in exchange for his 2026 guarantee date being pushed back from June 29 to July 8.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Indiana Pacers are adding depth to their backcourt, agreeing to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with free agent guard Monte Morris, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
    — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There were considerations of playing in Europe, but Connelly swooped in and signed him in September to a non-guaranteed contract to be, essentially, the fourth point guard behind fellow Delaware native Donte DiVincenzo, Conley and Dillingham.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026

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