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

To date, Grok and other LLMs’ only recourse is to create guardrails that flag suspicious instructions and forbid them from being executed. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

The other three majors have guardrails in place, from enforcing resales at face value to not permitting them at all. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

These guardrails have long constrained the drawing of congressional maps. — Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

On Tuesday, OpenAI released ChatGPT for Teens, a version of the chatbot geared toward 13- to 17-years-olds that contains more guardrails for young users and additional parental controls. — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

The guardrails could not tell a defender investigating a breach from an attacker causing one. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

There is an agency in charge of enforcing the rules with the objective of putting guardrails around a spending spree exacerbated by a transfer portal that encourages players to seek better offers from different schools. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

In the absence of meaningful, let alone effective, guardrails, teens are unlikely to drop their harmful new habit any time soon, a fate that could have devastating consequences. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

Lawsuits filed and settled in 2025-26 have alleged that interactions with language models such as ChatGPT led to teen suicidal behavior and tragic losses, highlighting that commercial chatbots lack effective guardrails and crisis protocols. — Megan Kelly, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026