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Recent Examples of guardrail
Governments can build better guardrails by notifying their adversaries of military activities, promoting regular dialogue among officials, and improving their understanding of opponents’ redlines.
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Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
Throughout this period, presidents sometimes sidestepped democratic guardrails, particularly in matters of war.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
For more than a year, liberal Democrats have been grumbling about the Democratic governor regarding his opposition to tax hikes on the state’s richest residents and blocking more wide-scale loosening of the state’s fiscal guardrails to allow more spending for progressive priorities.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
The Legislature is considering a spate of bills that could put some guardrails on AI, a broad grouping of technology that can often replace or automate human tasks such as computer coding, driving, recognizing or replicating images and creating written transcripts from audio recordings.
—Lia Russell
updated July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
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Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2025
Throughout this period, presidents sometimes sidestepped democratic guardrails, particularly in matters of war.
—Terry M. Moe, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
For more than a year, liberal Democrats have been grumbling about the Democratic governor regarding his opposition to tax hikes on the state’s richest residents and blocking more wide-scale loosening of the state’s fiscal guardrails to allow more spending for progressive priorities.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
The Legislature is considering a spate of bills that could put some guardrails on AI, a broad grouping of technology that can often replace or automate human tasks such as computer coding, driving, recognizing or replicating images and creating written transcripts from audio recordings.
—Lia Russell
updated July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrail
Noun
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The original railing, for example, has now been painted red while the yellow lacquered dining room table and a wooden bookcase are custom designs by Ordovás.—
Patricia Villalobos,
Architectural Digest,
26 July 2025
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Pointing a camera down from the railings amidst the crowds was as close as most ever got.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The Today show staples were discussing their extensive history together when things went off the rails.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Its slide-out section is mounted on rails like the firm's previous Settler model and is pulled out manually, functioning a little like a big drawer.—
Adam Williams
July 23,
New Atlas,
23 July 2025
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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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