guardrail
noun
Also guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
guardrails
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pluralof guardrail.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The natural level of trust means that you might not apply the same rules as you would in a normal commercial relationhsip, so better guardrails are needed, she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The question facing schools may increasingly be where those guardrails should go.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday signed an executive order placing strict guardrails on new data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday placing strict guardrails on new data centers, joining several states that are moving to limit the facilities fueling artificial intelligence’s rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Shay and Tally lay on their stomachs on the top floor of the stacks, where the dusty old paper books were stored, peering through the guardrails down at the group.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
