as in railing
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 guardrail In third place, but coming up fast, is Jeff, whose AI guardrails company is getting a serious boost from the disasters caused by Traam’s latest update. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 May 2025 Business Taken together, the changes reflect a new emphasis at Meta in favor of more unrestrained speech and more rapidly updating its apps — a dismantling of various guardrails the company has enacted over the years to curb the misuse of its platforms. Shannon Bond, NPR, 31 May 2025 With each generation, ATL rappers feel further beyond the traditional guardrails of what rapping is supposed to sound like. Hazlitt, 28 May 2025 But despite tight guardrails built into Woebot's therapy services, and the clinicians involved in its programming, its demise underpins the fundamental issues in delivering mental health treatment via AI. Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for guardrail
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Noun
  • Clark signed autographs well beyond both baselines, her John Hancock filling up the length of the gym for fans draped over the railing behind the benches.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
  • Fans are lined up on railings, cheering you on and supporting you.
    Evan Crowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Russia has recently accused Ukraine of sabotaging the rail network.
    Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • In addition to serving tourists (in particular those headed to Neom), the bridge would also tie into a larger rail cargo network that Egypt has spent the past decade upgrading and would allow easier shipments of cargo from East to West.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 6 June 2025

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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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