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Recent Examples of guardrails
Those debates were largely unnecessary because our leaders’ sense of honor served as our guardrails.
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
House lawmakers again sought to place guardrails on the governor’s authority over immigration enforcement; the Senate did not.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
But neither state offers addiction or bankruptcy prevention protections and other guardrails like restricting advertising and requiring a spouse to consent before a joint bank account is used for gambling.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Blumenthal and Kim join a list of other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who want to implement various guardrails on prediction markets.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
Former safety leads at chatbot companies told us guardrails to protect against harmful conversations are most likely to falter in long, meandering conversations.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
That effort triggered its escalating feud with Anthropic PBC, which sought guardrails on using its technology for domestic surveillance and in fully autonomous weapons.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
All this does is put guardrails on to ensure public education in Virginia can't lie to our kids.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
The best way to attain them during this conjunction of Venus and Saturn in your financial zone would be to set careful guardrails around your spending.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
House lawmakers again sought to place guardrails on the governor’s authority over immigration enforcement; the Senate did not.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
But neither state offers addiction or bankruptcy prevention protections and other guardrails like restricting advertising and requiring a spouse to consent before a joint bank account is used for gambling.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
Blumenthal and Kim join a list of other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who want to implement various guardrails on prediction markets.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
Former safety leads at chatbot companies told us guardrails to protect against harmful conversations are most likely to falter in long, meandering conversations.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
That effort triggered its escalating feud with Anthropic PBC, which sought guardrails on using its technology for domestic surveillance and in fully autonomous weapons.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
All this does is put guardrails on to ensure public education in Virginia can't lie to our kids.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
The best way to attain them during this conjunction of Venus and Saturn in your financial zone would be to set careful guardrails around your spending.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrails
Noun
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The color, style, and design of railings, trim, porch columns, and even balusters can have a heavy impact on the appearance of the home.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
13 Mar. 2026
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The ironwork on the railings and lack of a spandrel wall are technological innovations of their time — but only of their time.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The film easily could've gone off the rails in less capable hands, but Yeoh grounds it in an emotional truth as Evelyn journeys from embittered to empowered.—
Darren Franich,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sethi says Kraken’s recent developments will help propel the company’s vision of reshaping the rails of global finance.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Guardrails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrails. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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