on the safe side
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An index fund, most likely, or a series of them — running from tech-heavy funds through various sectors, down to Treasury bond funds or CDs on the safe side.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Matthew Martin of Oxford Economics added that business would likely "reduce their overall hiring to be on the safe side," until they see data pointing to rising demand or a stabilization in the economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
So to be on the safe side, it would be advisable to avoid raw milk products.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024
“I felt we didn’t get enough time to think about it and read up on it. So I felt, to be on the safe side, ‘no, no’ — no change.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Then, to be on the safe side, I wanted somebody I didn't know and wouldn't go on knowing—a kind of impersonal, priestlike official, as in the tales of tribal rites.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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