guardrail
Origin of guardrail
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How to use guardrail in a sentence
It is a role that is as much about setting the right rules and guardrails and culture for the financial markets than it is about enforcing them.
GameStop mania exposes SEC’s failure as regulator | Steven Pearlstein | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostIt was the first time I was put in a situation where the guardrails were lifted.
It also drew controversy when a lack of guardrails allowed an array of larger and otherwise wealthy organizations to receive the taxpayer-subsidized funds.
Third round of PPP lending tops $35 billion as SBA irons out glitches | Aaron Gregg | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostOfficials acknowledged that they’d made mistakes upfront but said they’d installed guardrails to protect people’s privacy and mitigate the potential for abuse.
Lessons From the Year in Surveillance Tech Debacles | Jesse Marx | December 28, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoIt’s why some experts emphasize the need for guardrails to prevent satire from blurring into abuse.
The assassins apparently first bashed the car Fornari was driving several times, finally pushing it into a guardrail.
A bus driver was cruising along a Buffalo highway when he noticed a woman standing on the wrong side of the guardrail.
Ellen’s Haunted House, Panda Cubs, and More Viral Videos | Julian E. Wright | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen first responders arrived at the scene, they found a minor crash that caused little damage to the vehicle or the guardrail.
British Dictionary definitions for guardrail
/ (ˈɡɑːdˌreɪl) /
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
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