Thesaurus results for GUARDRAIL

guardrail

noun

ˈgärd-ˌrāl

Definition of guardrail

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 This includes demands for higher salaries amid rising inflation, caps on the number of students in classes, better job security for temporary faculty, stronger academic freedom protections and guardrails around the use of artificial intelligence. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The collaboration came about after Citrini ran into Claude’s biosecurity guardrails while trying to get the model to research drug candidates. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 But the White House favors development over restrictions, and Congress hasn’t acted on AI, putting the focus for now on a commitment by leading companies to establish standards and guardrails. — Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026 After the crash, a New York State Trooper told Rozelle the animal — which witnesses saw run across a field before jumping into a guardrail before the crash — weighed about 2,300 pounds, according to New York Upstate. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrail

Noun

Six states now offer tax credits to family caregivers for expenses like retrofitting a home with grab bars or railings, usually between $1,000 and $5,000 a year.

— Kat McGowan, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
Still in tears, Salman and her mother later hugged each other across the railing between the audience and the courtroom well.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of railing

Noun

New high-speed rail corridors are running parallel to the existing coastal lines.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Now there are rails suspended from the ceiling and an honest-to-goodness cash register in the front, with dressing rooms and more standing racks in the back half of the space, totaling 940 square feet.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026