How to Use fail-safe in a Sentence
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This allowed the train to move while the doors were open, contrary to the train’s fail-safe design.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
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Then another fail-safe — a credential scan that should have also caught the key — missed that the key was there.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
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As for sounds, white noise is a pretty fail-safe choice for most babies who are accustomed to the noise of their mother’s womb.
—Sarah Bradley, Parents, 10 July 2023
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Mint or lemon balm are fail-safe options for sunset cocktails or morning teas.
—Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2023
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What McPherson is yearning for now is a fail-safe uniform of sorts—clothes that will gird her against the uncertainty of our hazy and not-quite-post-pandemic world.
—Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
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For older decks with uncapped composite boards, Trex doesn’t have any fail-safe suggestions.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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My Kabul One of my fail-safe tips for finding good food in an unfamiliar place is to look for dishes that don’t seem to fit on a menu — say, butter chicken in an Afghan restaurant.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
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The result: The fusion algorithm relied solely on the data from the gyroscope as the drone switched over to fail-safe mode and landed safely before any damage was done.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
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But as Ben Wheatley’s misguided 2020 Netflix movie version proved, the material is far from fail-safe.
—David Benedict, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
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Although there is no fail-safe approach to addressing the risks associated with high heat exposure, talking more about what's at stake is a good start.
—Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
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Luckily, Versace and Omega is a pretty fail-safe combination.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
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Essentially, this set offers a fail-safe and enjoyable solution to cooking.
—Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
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Her fail-safe office-appropriate neutrals are being replaced with diaphanous Oscar de La Renta shirtdresses and Goyard handbags.
—Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
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Their key message: this generation of Kodiak’s AV platform has redundant components which are essential to ensure fail-safe or fail-operational capability in the event of a fault.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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Thanks to modern watch technology, including tougher cases, silicon escapements, and fail-safe shock-absorbing systems, tourbillons are now frequently spotted in sporting venues, from the tennis courts to the fairways.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
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This allowed the train to move while the doors were open, contrary to the train’s fail-safe design.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
-
Then another fail-safe — a credential scan that should have also caught the key — missed that the key was there.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2023
-
As for sounds, white noise is a pretty fail-safe choice for most babies who are accustomed to the noise of their mother’s womb.
—Sarah Bradley, Parents, 10 July 2023
-
Mint or lemon balm are fail-safe options for sunset cocktails or morning teas.
—Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2023
-
What McPherson is yearning for now is a fail-safe uniform of sorts—clothes that will gird her against the uncertainty of our hazy and not-quite-post-pandemic world.
—Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
-
For older decks with uncapped composite boards, Trex doesn’t have any fail-safe suggestions.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
-
My Kabul One of my fail-safe tips for finding good food in an unfamiliar place is to look for dishes that don’t seem to fit on a menu — say, butter chicken in an Afghan restaurant.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
-
The result: The fusion algorithm relied solely on the data from the gyroscope as the drone switched over to fail-safe mode and landed safely before any damage was done.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
-
But as Ben Wheatley’s misguided 2020 Netflix movie version proved, the material is far from fail-safe.
—David Benedict, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
-
Although there is no fail-safe approach to addressing the risks associated with high heat exposure, talking more about what's at stake is a good start.
—Terri Adams-Fuller, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
-
Luckily, Versace and Omega is a pretty fail-safe combination.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
-
Essentially, this set offers a fail-safe and enjoyable solution to cooking.
—Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
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Her fail-safe office-appropriate neutrals are being replaced with diaphanous Oscar de La Renta shirtdresses and Goyard handbags.
—Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2024
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Their key message: this generation of Kodiak’s AV platform has redundant components which are essential to ensure fail-safe or fail-operational capability in the event of a fault.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
-
Thanks to modern watch technology, including tougher cases, silicon escapements, and fail-safe shock-absorbing systems, tourbillons are now frequently spotted in sporting venues, from the tennis courts to the fairways.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
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