fail-safe
Example Sentences
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Those recorded cues act as a fail-safe against technical malfunctions during the broadcast, though the orchestra aims to play everything live.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The boats had rejected their inputs and automatically idled as a fail-safe, making them “dead” in the water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
There’s no 100% safe way to lift 500 pounds, just like there is no fail-safe way of throwing 100 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
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
