Synonyms of guardrails

guardrails

noun

plural of guardrail

as in railings

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports

the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• railings
• rails
• balustrades
• banisters
• handrails
• fenders
• taffrails

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guardrails

Much of the work is also focused on building guardrails to protect clients from lawsuits — coming from business partners, local officials, or angry neighbors — in an industry that has an increasingly visible target on its back. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026

In Frankfort on Thursday, lawmakers heard about the benefits of Flock Safety and the current guardrails in place from a representative of the company, the Elizabethtown Police chief and a representative of the Kentucky Retail Federation. — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026

In other words, autonomous agents without guardrails simply cannot work. — Jerry Jihao Bai, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

The news comes as some education advocates have pushed for guardrails and formal guidance on AI use. — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Other guardrails include limited access within the Sheriff’s Office, training requirements and artificial intelligence and manual audits. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

But at the same time, things like this need to have guardrails on them. — Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Markey, a longtime progressive, and Moulton, who has carved out a moderate stance in Congress, are both calling for new guardrails on AI. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

To get a full understanding of the agent capabilities, company engineers disabled safety guardrails that normally are in place to prevent the sort of hacks that eventually hit Hugging Face and one other undisclosed organization. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026