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 In Oracle Forms and EBS environments, the application layer provides the context and guardrails around those transactions. — Mia Urman, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The market has changed at warp speed, but our guardrails haven’t kept up. — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 Most people agree that some sort of guardrails need to be put into place. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026 The bill’s guardrails are voluntary, the chief critique of Senate Democrats, but are aimed at blocking those energy spikes. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 The agreement put strict guardrails around how AI could be used and when content and payment would be required. — John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 Husted and other Republicans could use a messaging win on the data center front, which has evolved in recent months into a potent campaign issue as opponents seek stricter guardrails for developers. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 The decision by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI follows a raft of reports in recent months about AI agents behaving in unexpected ways, evading human guardrails or otherwise going rogue. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Health, nutrition and family engagement have long been core values and some fear that without guardrails the program will falter. — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, as bystanders on the boardwalk jumped over railings to avoid the speeding car.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In some extreme cases, views were restricted by railings, but many complained about poor sightlines or having bridges in the way.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of railings

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So get ready to ride the rails because these beautiful train trips in Italy are just as much about the journey as the destination.

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
Each secures and slides via a series of side rails that look very similar to the ones for adjusting height of the grates on my Camp Chef vault smoker.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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