guardrail

noun

guard·rail ˈgärd-ˌrāl

Synonyms of guardrail next

: a railing guarding usually against danger

especially : a barrier placed along the edge of a highway at dangerous points

Examples of guardrail in a Sentence

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

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And while these models have stronger guardrails built in to prevent misuse, many people have found ways to ‘jailbreak’ them, effectively circumventing these guardrails. —

Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024 Without guardrails, that type of reclassification could be difficult for the IRS to enforce, Muresianu said. —

Bob Woods, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 But, rather than putting the election on a new track, these events merely detonated its guardrails. —

The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024 Addressing these three pillars provides necessary consumer safety guardrails, while liberating the entire industry from overburdensome, outdated, expensive, and unnecessary regulations that have dogged the marijuana sector. —

Robert Hoban, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for guardrail