fail-safe

Example Sentences

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He said the boats went “dead in the water” as an automatic fail-safe, which prevented them from causing damage or injury.

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

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

She followed my recommendation to take the DMV’s fail-safe eLearning course on her home computer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Whenever those thoughts spring up, my sister is the fail-safe.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman