fail-safe
Example Sentences
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Even if you plan to be fully engaged with managing money into retirement, a financial adviser could be a fail-safe if you can no longer make sound decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
“Within moments, the robot came to a full stop in response to sensing a pedestrian in close proximity, which is considered its fail-safe state.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
She followed my recommendation to take the DMV’s fail-safe eLearning course on her home computer.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
There was a fail-safe command that would temporarily render Ellie incapable of making decisions.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
She referred to it as nature’s fail-safe, as if that could draw the poison from the sting.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
