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

Incidents have continued to pile up — at defense facilities in Estonia, rail networks in Poland and the power grid in Germany.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
So get ready to ride the rails because these beautiful train trips in Italy are just as much about the journey as the destination.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026