Your identity has been formed; you've built up your resources; and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.

They're also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night.

Students majoring in liberal arts usually have difficulty securing a job.

She found it difficult to secure a job in her own country.

Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such persistent work will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.

Securing these funds, and establishing who is responsible for raising them will also be vital for the future of climate-vulnerable countries.

However, they also deserve a home of their own, a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaid bills.

Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.

On the occasions when hunting has been tried, local animal rights people have worked to secure court orders against the hunts.

On-campus housing is hard to secure.

From the lack of secure, affordable housing to growing job insecurity and rising personal debt, the individual is trapped.

Further complicating my college search was a flourishing track career—I wanted to keep running but my times weren't quite fast enough to secure a scholarship.

living in slums means they don't have infrastructure to take the garbage away, they don't have secure water supplies to drink.

Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".