Thesaurus results for GUARDRAIL

guardrail

noun

ˈgärd-ˌrāl

as in railing

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

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Recent Examples of guardrail Catena Labs has opened up invite-only access to its platform, which lets humans establish the guardrails for how their AI surrogates move money. —

Ben Weiss, Fortune, 20 May 2026 County governments in Texas have far less zoning authority than cities — meaning the local guardrails residents may assume exist often do not. —

Emily Holshouser. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026 Prosecutors allege that Keri McGillivray was driving a Ford Flex behind a Nissan Versa, cut into the left lane to go around the Nissan, then made an abrupt right turn and broadsided the other vehicle and forced it into a guardrail, according to court filings. —

Sean Emery, Oc Register, 15 May 2026 The act, the first piece of legislation focused on crypto, would add oversight and guardrails to the new industry. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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Noun

Supporters were spilling over each other in the stands and pressed up against the railings, sauced and sweaty and singing and cheering their boys on.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Nana and the boys were leaning against the railing as a fin whale exhaled.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026