safe/secure in the knowledge
idiom
: feeling safe or secure because one knows something specified
They went on vacation, safe in the knowledge that the farm would be well cared for while they were away.
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After Trump signed the final legislation on Friday afternoon, the hedge-fund and private-equity managers could return to their July 4th pool parties and fireworks displays secure in the knowledge that yet another Administration had failed to consign this lamentable loophole to history.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
And the White Sox move on to play the Toronto Blue Jays, increasingly safe in the knowledge that their time at the historical bottom may be coming to a surprisingly swift end.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
And Chelley picks Ace, safe in the knowledge that Chris, her Casa connection, isn’t going anywhere because Huda is picking Chris.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 July 2025
If Disney had bought the land directly, the owners might have asked for more money safe in the knowledge that the buyer could afford it.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
And the White Sox move on to play the Toronto Blue Jays, increasingly safe in the knowledge that their time at the historical bottom may be coming to a surprisingly swift end.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025
And Chelley picks Ace, safe in the knowledge that Chris, her Casa connection, isn’t going anywhere because Huda is picking Chris.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 July 2025
If Disney had bought the land directly, the owners might have asked for more money safe in the knowledge that the buyer could afford it.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Safe/secure in the knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safe%2Fsecure%20in%20the%20knowledge. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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