safe space

noun

: a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations

… student volunteers put up posters advertising that a "safe space" would be available for anyone who found the debate too upsetting.—

Judith Shulevitz

Women, sexual assault victims, people of color, transgender students. College campuses have created "safe spaces" for all sorts of marginalized groups.—

Catherine Rampell

Examples of safe space in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The loudest voice in the room isn’t always the right voice, and an office culture in back-to-back meetings doesn’t exactly inspire inclusivity or a safe space to speak up. —

Anu Bharadwaj, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024 As Winder, a town of 18,000 about an hour’s drive from Atlanta, braced for a round of funerals, portraits began to emerge of the four victims who died in what was supposed to be a safe space. —

NBC News, 6 Sep. 2024 Aid workers say that displacement camps are crammed with children who have no safe space to play. . —

Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024 The rides are open to anyone but having a safe space for Blacks to ride encourages more participation, Nsoroma said. —

La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for safe space

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