safeguard
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“For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Central banks have a responsibility to safeguard the stability of the whole system. We cannot stand aside and assume that technological progress will resolve these questions on its own.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"They might be limited in what they can share with you for data privacy reasons, but they can take steps to safeguard that account," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The bill also provides longer-term scholarship and healthcare protections and seeks to safeguard women's and Olympic sports.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
As we showed our I.D.s to leave the prison—a safeguard against inmates walking out the front door—I decided that if I were an escaping in-mate, I’d stay away from the fence.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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A failure to mandate safeguards is “completely irresponsible.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
It added that the leak of user images occurred before it had put in place new safeguards on AI training, and it was working to get all the user images transferred to any third-party removed.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The crashes resulted in eventual Boeing fixes that added safeguards to the flight-control system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He called for "national and international" AI standards on measuring the capabilities of an AI tool, assessing related risks, AI safeguards, and the degree to which human oversight over such tools is maintained.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Before the fronts of the buildings were sensible safeguards against demons of any kind.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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"The government will ensure that the company as a whole remains viable for the future and that Germany's security of supply is safeguarded," the spokeswoman said.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
During the service, with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in the congregation, the Catholic leader called for "greater room for freedom" and human dignity to be safeguarded.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
"Anyone who came over the threshold of a church was supposed to be safeguarded irrespective of their age or gender or background," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Of the 38 vulnerable people safeguarded and referred to agencies, nine of them were children.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Even my father, who safeguarded his possessions with a military order and zeal, never bothered with it, considering it a colony of junk that was mine.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Bafta Scotland said it had worked with safeguarding and inclusion experts to allow Davidson to take part in its forthcoming ceremony in Glasgow "in the safest way possible for all".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Oman once again reaffirms its steadfast commitment to continuing its efforts aimed at safeguarding navigation in the Strait of Hormuz... We also call upon all parties to cooperate with Oman in these efforts."
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Nieuwenhuijsen reached out to Kars, who connected her with the middle-aged Dutch couple who had been safeguarding a sheaf of old Sablonière family letters in bundles of plastic bags—and were Nieuwenhuijsen’s own long-lost cousins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Of course, where there is a credible safeguarding concern, a significant change in behaviour, or a known risk to their wellbeing, parents should act."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Who is safeguarding the consumer to see that no residues of dieldrin or heptachlor are appearing in milk?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)
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A Single Shard
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