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Recent Examples of guardrails
Since the advent of the transfer portal and the rise of name, image and likeness (NIL), there have been countless debates about how to create and adjust a system to establish guardrails when necessary.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
After parents sued the company in August following their teen son's suicide, the company said its safety guardrails broke down over the months the boy was speaking to ChatGPT.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The second was a minimum viable product designed to secure private AI applications with runtime guardrails, enabling organizations to integrate AI confidently without the risk of unmanaged exposure — an approach now used across major global enterprises to safeguard their AI deployments at scale.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Others urge caution, saying more regulations and guardrails are necessary to protect patients in low- and middle-income countries.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
By open-sourcing a similar capability, OpenAI is effectively giving developers the same kind of customizable guardrails that helped make Anthropic’s models so appealing.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Finally, panelists concluded by talking about the importance of guardrails that protect creators and their intellectual property.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Many clean fashion brands cite certifications to add weight to their clean messaging and (absent a single definition) provide internal guardrails for what clean means.
—Sophie Benson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
After parents sued the company in August following their teen son's suicide, the company said its safety guardrails broke down over the months the boy was speaking to ChatGPT.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The second was a minimum viable product designed to secure private AI applications with runtime guardrails, enabling organizations to integrate AI confidently without the risk of unmanaged exposure — an approach now used across major global enterprises to safeguard their AI deployments at scale.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Others urge caution, saying more regulations and guardrails are necessary to protect patients in low- and middle-income countries.
—NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
By open-sourcing a similar capability, OpenAI is effectively giving developers the same kind of customizable guardrails that helped make Anthropic’s models so appealing.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Finally, panelists concluded by talking about the importance of guardrails that protect creators and their intellectual property.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Many clean fashion brands cite certifications to add weight to their clean messaging and (absent a single definition) provide internal guardrails for what clean means.
—Sophie Benson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrails
Noun
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In recent months, Friends of Coast Walk Trail shepherded a project in partnership with the city of San Diego to install new decking and railings for the old wooden bridge and repairs to the south stairs, which were completed in September.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Markwood, 20, went over the railings during the seventh inning of the game at PNC Park on April 30.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The American brand founded by sisters-in-law Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard is moving into a 270-square-foot space fitted with picture frame moldings, curved brass hanging rails and a travertine table that wouldn’t look out of space in a Parisian interior.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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Cribs, pack-n-plays, high chairs, and bed rails are standard offerings at most family-friendly properties.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Guardrails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrails. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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