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Recent Examples of guardrail
This global temperature benchmark was meant to create a guardrail to protect the world from the dangerous effects of warming.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
The semi went through the guardrail on the left side of the roadway before crashing down a steep embankment, authorities said.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Finally, panelists concluded by talking about the importance of guardrails that protect creators and their intellectual property.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Simmone Shah, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
The semi went through the guardrail on the left side of the roadway before crashing down a steep embankment, authorities said.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Finally, panelists concluded by talking about the importance of guardrails that protect creators and their intellectual property.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrail
Noun
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In recent months, Friends of Coast Walk Trail shepherded a project in partnership with the city of San Diego to install new decking and railings for the old wooden bridge and repairs to the south stairs, which were completed in September.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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And maybe Tesoro was a little lax on childproofing, like waving off putting a railing on the temporary stairwell between the first and second floor.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Even before he was forced from office, Oli began to hew closer to China, breaking protocol in 2024 by visiting Beijing before New Delhi to revive dormant rail talks and security coordination.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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The American brand founded by sisters-in-law Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard is moving into a 270-square-foot space fitted with picture frame moldings, curved brass hanging rails and a travertine table that wouldn’t look out of space in a Parisian interior.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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