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

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

Level 4 automated vehicles, which this research was based on, are capable of automatically starting fail-safe and fail-operational protocols.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

When the first seismic waves reached the power plant at Fukushima Daiichi, fail-safe systems shut down the reactors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland