Examples of safety net in a Sentence
The program provides a safety net for people who have lost their jobs.
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There are double lotteries and protections that would put a safety net beneath the very worst teams.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
What’s more, an experiment conducted in Canada may not directly translate to the United States – which has a weaker safety net than its northern neighbor.
—Benjamin F. Henwood, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
On May 1, 2025, amid fear of the potential cost, the VA abruptly did away with this safety net, giving mortgage servicers and even its own VA staff just one-week's notice.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
And Kansas City’s safety net is already dealing with changes to food assistance.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
What’s more, an experiment conducted in Canada may not directly translate to the United States – which has a weaker safety net than its northern neighbor.
—Benjamin F. Henwood, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
On May 1, 2025, amid fear of the potential cost, the VA abruptly did away with this safety net, giving mortgage servicers and even its own VA staff just one-week's notice.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
And Kansas City’s safety net is already dealing with changes to food assistance.
—Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Safety net.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/safety%20net. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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