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 Secure between guardrails, Papadopoulos fell asleep, at last, in his own home. — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Steinberg’s guardrails don’t make his journey any less remarkable. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 During the last legislative session, the GOP supermajority implemented new guardrails, including a law requiring quarterly spending reports to legislative leaders. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 When a power user pushes for an extensive, long-form synthesis, the system's optimization guardrails actively fight the input to keep token generation low, sacrificing depth to protect processing margins. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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Noun

Some of those railings have been removed across various sections of the ground and replaced by additional seats, leading to an increase in capacity of around 500.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Footage published on Citizen showed what appeared to be a body covered by a white cloth lying by the lake near some yellow caution tape strung between a railing and a palm tree.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026