safety net

noun

: something that provides security against misfortune or difficulty

Examples of safety net in a Sentence

The program provides a safety net for people who have lost their jobs.

Recent Examples on the Web

If the heads of smaller community safety net hospitals and public hospital system CEOs can live comfortably while not making anything close to what administrators of large institutions make, it can be done. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026

At 1,667 feet tall, the Taipei 101 skyscraper is one of the tallest buildings in the world, and Honnold will be climbing it without the use of ropes or safety nets. —Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

Even after accounting for the stabilizing effects of the safety net and the tax code, the middle class has seen its relative status diminish. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026

The climb, which will stream globally, will be attempted under spine-tingling circumstances — with no ropes or safety nets to potentially break Honnold’s fall, according to Netflix’s Tudum. —Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for safety net

• electrojet
• marionette
• plantagenet
• videlicet
• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet