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 Husted and other Republicans could use a messaging win on the data center front, which has evolved in recent months into a potent campaign issue as opponents seek stricter guardrails for developers. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 The decision by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI follows a raft of reports in recent months about AI agents behaving in unexpected ways, evading human guardrails or otherwise going rogue. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Often, this comes down to being deliberate about what, where and how to use AI and building the guardrails needed to fuse it with the organization successfully. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Many sections of the road have a sheer drop of more than four hundred feet, and there are no guardrails, because of the need to push snow off after avalanches. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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Fix the easy hazards first The NIA recommends going room by room and addressing immediate dangers like poor lighting and loose stair railings before taking on bigger projects.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
The crash scattered pieces of the vehicle around the property and damaged a railing, melted plastic and knocked a section of brick from the building's exterior.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

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Chinese, Russian troops train together The PLA contingent traveled to Russia by road, rail and air and participated in the preparatory phase alongside forces from Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The rail network has an operating budget of more than $350 million and includes an average daily weekday ridership of more than 23,000 and an average weekend ridership of roughly 235,000.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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