as in railing
a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the car ran off the road, but fortunately only hit the guardrail

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Recent Examples of guardrail But figuring out exactly how to provide guardrails to prevent these behaviors is hard. Katia Riddle, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025 Without those guardrails, half of my suitcase could easily be taken up solely by jeans. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025 With proper regulatory guardrails—such as capital requirements tailored to crypto holdings—the risks can be managed effectively. Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Congress reauthorized it in 2022 with guardrails to curb acts of fraud, which were pervasive after EB-5 was founded in 1990. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guardrail

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“Guardrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrail. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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