as in precautions
a measure taken to preclude loss or injury
there are so many fail-safes built into the system that a highly unlikely series of mistakes would have to be made before failure could occur
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Noun
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Advertisement The key, experts agree, is to take a few simple precautions.—
Holly Burns,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Further, 81% of Democrats said that Israel is not taking enough precautions to safeguard civilian life, while 33% of GOP respondents said the same.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, the pushback from critics highlights that there is still debate about whether these safeguards go far enough.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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While framed as satire, the content references child exploitation, raising questions about the adequacy of Sora 2’s safeguards.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Fail-safes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fail-safes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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