guardrail
noun
guard·rail
ˈgärd-ˌrāl 
: 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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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Could lawmakers copy 2019 maneuver to adjust ‘fiscal guardrails’?
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
Within hours after returning to the White House, Mr. Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing Biden's guardrails for the fast-developing technology.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
But there also is worry that AI will trigger massive job displacement, as was expressed when the Senate held a series of forums featuring experts, executives, union leaders and others, including Musk and Altman, with the purpose of establishing guardrails around the new technology.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guardrail. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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guardrail
noun
guard·rail
ˈgär-ˌdrāl
: a protective railing placed along dangerous areas (as of a road)
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