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guarded

[gahr-did] / ˈgɑr dɪd /


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Is artificial intelligence so powerful that it needs to be carefully guarded?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Outside the election authority, a small group gathered as police guarded the building and investigators took statements.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Until the 1990s, Apple had a team of corporate librarians who guarded the company’s archival treasures like they were trade secrets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

She glanced back up at me, her expression guarded.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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