Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of guardrails California, home to the world’s largest tech companies, is placing more guardrails around social media and artificial intelligence as child safety concerns escalate. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Though there have been calls to increase safety guardrails on large language models, Anthropic’s approach sounds bizarre. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026 As polls show the public increasingly favoring guardrails for AI safety — and opposing data center buildouts — the White House is likely to face still more calls for an explanation of why a more transparent framework is not possible. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The agreement comes after New York City and Los Angeles both implemented one-year bans on AI tools for many students, giving the districts time to consider the proper use and guardrails. — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2026 Wilde said that many of the guardrails designed to protect the integrity of the checkoff program are simply not being followed. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 From there comes control, applying budgets, policies and guardrails to what is actually running. — Prashant Jalan, Forbes.com, 9 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 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

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Some of those railings have been removed across various sections of the ground and replaced by additional seats, leading to an increase in capacity of around 500.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
This set of minimalistic dusk-to-dawn deck lights is one of the simplest options to add lights around your railings, and more than 11,000 reviewers give them five stars.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of railings

Noun

And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
That is where stablecoin rails will matter most for treasury, as settlement infrastructure beyond asset class.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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