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 That is why, in the end, the goal isn’t just to put guardrails around the technology. — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 For years, Lamont has been under intense pressure to change the guardrails in order to allow far more spending than has been permitted. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 Carter said at least 60 of the 62 members of the CBC would vote for a bill to regulate artificial intelligence, creating guardrails and placing guidelines on human safety. — Karen James Sloan,frank Holland, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2026 The traditional guardrails of nuclear family life are off, leaving Alex with a canvas that’s thrillingly, terrifyingly blank. — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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Noun

For much of the first half, the loudest ovation went to a fan dancing on a railing in the stairwell during a timeout.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, as bystanders on the boardwalk jumped over railings to avoid the speeding car.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of railing

Noun

That included eliminating 400 vacant positions, tapping an $89 million rail-project reserve to cover transit expenses and using an affordable-housing reserve to pay for a county eviction-reduction program.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
More news California’s high-speed rail authority spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on first-class flights and trips to a nightclub, a report finds.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026