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Recent Examples of guardrails
At a White House meeting, Descovich pushed for guardrails to ensure humans guide instruction, not algorithms.
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ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Last month the Maryland Senate passed the PACE Act — Senate Bill 475 — which would establish guardrails to prevent the improper use of art as evidence in criminal trials.
—Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
The union was also focused on bolstering guardrails around the use of generative AI, specifically by regulating the training of AI tools on members’ scripts or the licensing of scripts to train those tools.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
Talks about immigration-enforcement guardrails—such as barring agents from wearing masks, and putting an end to warrantless sweeps of private residences—did not reach a conclusion.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Florida’s adult protection program lacks such guardrails.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the biggest shifts at the department observed by DOJ employees has been the erosion of traditional guardrails that were installed after the Watergate scandal that were designed to insulate the department's investigations from political interference by the White House.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Progressive lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently introduced a bill to pause all new data center construction until federal guardrails and safeguards are instituted for workers, communities and the environment.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Her replacement publicly committed to better transparency – and at least some new guardrails on immigration enforcement.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Last month the Maryland Senate passed the PACE Act — Senate Bill 475 — which would establish guardrails to prevent the improper use of art as evidence in criminal trials.
—Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
The union was also focused on bolstering guardrails around the use of generative AI, specifically by regulating the training of AI tools on members’ scripts or the licensing of scripts to train those tools.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
Talks about immigration-enforcement guardrails—such as barring agents from wearing masks, and putting an end to warrantless sweeps of private residences—did not reach a conclusion.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Florida’s adult protection program lacks such guardrails.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
One of the biggest shifts at the department observed by DOJ employees has been the erosion of traditional guardrails that were installed after the Watergate scandal that were designed to insulate the department's investigations from political interference by the White House.
—Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Progressive lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently introduced a bill to pause all new data center construction until federal guardrails and safeguards are instituted for workers, communities and the environment.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Her replacement publicly committed to better transparency – and at least some new guardrails on immigration enforcement.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardrails
Noun
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The pier stretches into the Pacific as fisherman perch from its railings.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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When the bridge reopens, there will be railings to separate motorists and pedestrians and an improved pedestrian crossing heading east to make the trail safer.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beijing is also advancing railgun technology, a type of electromagnetic weapon that propels projectiles along a pair of parallel rails at extreme speeds, while promising higher velocity and longer range than conventional guns, potentially transforming naval and land-based combat.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
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Hersheypark made headlines last summer when a lost boy wandering a monorail line above a crowd was rescued by a park visitor who climbed onto a building and jumped onto the rails.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Guardrails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrails. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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