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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 guardrails
Influencers and communities now own the conversation, and marketers are there, if at all, to set up guardrails but not the actual path to purchase via content controls.
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David Doty, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The state may weaken or remove entirely a set of ‘guardrails’ that have kept it from budgetary ruin.
—Andrew Fowler, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
Crypto policy advocates and investors would be well served to focus on establishing guardrails, frameworks, and delineations between the various sectors of the wider crypto marketplace.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Developing such an economic model could be a difficult task, for myriad reasons — from establishing fair compensation structures and getting creatives to opt in to creating guardrails against potential system abuse.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
In response, Judge Alicia Rosenberg granted a protective order requiring Sanford to collaborate with a digital evidence expert to extract, authenticate, and provide the messages from the physical phone itself, but with privacy guardrails.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another crack at 340B reform next year, even as more states are setting their own guardrails and drugmakers are restricting where hospitals and clinics can use their program discounts.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Even if the court agrees with the challengers that Tennessee’s ban is too broad and should be narrowly tailored, judges are in a poor position to assess what those guardrails should be, Justice Samuel Alito suggested.
—Melissa Brown, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Without international consensus on the guardrails and guidelines, that’s a very dangerous prospect.
—Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
David Doty, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The state may weaken or remove entirely a set of ‘guardrails’ that have kept it from budgetary ruin.
—Andrew Fowler, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
Crypto policy advocates and investors would be well served to focus on establishing guardrails, frameworks, and delineations between the various sectors of the wider crypto marketplace.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Developing such an economic model could be a difficult task, for myriad reasons — from establishing fair compensation structures and getting creatives to opt in to creating guardrails against potential system abuse.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
In response, Judge Alicia Rosenberg granted a protective order requiring Sanford to collaborate with a digital evidence expert to extract, authenticate, and provide the messages from the physical phone itself, but with privacy guardrails.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another crack at 340B reform next year, even as more states are setting their own guardrails and drugmakers are restricting where hospitals and clinics can use their program discounts.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
Even if the court agrees with the challengers that Tennessee’s ban is too broad and should be narrowly tailored, judges are in a poor position to assess what those guardrails should be, Justice Samuel Alito suggested.
—Melissa Brown, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Without international consensus on the guardrails and guidelines, that’s a very dangerous prospect.
—Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Guardrails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardrails. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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