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guardrail
/ ˈɡɑːˌɪ /
noun
- a railing at the side of a staircase, road, etc, as a safety barrier
- Also called (Brit)checkrail railways a short metal rail fitted to the inside of the main rail to provide additional support in keeping a train's wheels on the track
Word History and Origins
Origin of guardrail1
Example Sentences
“The question is, do we have the guardrails for our Constitution to survive?”
"If we're going to really use AI properly, we have to set guardrails around how we use it conscientiously," she said.
The guardrails of democracy and “the institutions” and “the rule of law” have been laid bare and splayed open; they are so very weak.
It's not the first time that the platform's lack of verification guardrails has been used to sew chaos and spread misinformation.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday to put some guardrails on Trump’s ability to levy tariffs, including requiring the president to get Congressional approval within 60 days on new tariffs.
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