rails

Example Sentences

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“But innovation without guard rails puts people at risk.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Strauss regularly goes off the rails in his exaggerations, but with Dudamel there are no railing critics or anything thing else, not that he doesn’t have cause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Some elements of that orchestration “will probably not be on cards,” he explained, but rather on blockchain rails or account-to-account rails, which are used to help money flow directly from one bank account to another.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

"SpaceX controls the rails and controls access to orbit," said Chad Anderson, CEO of Space Capital, an investment firm that already owns a stake in SpaceX.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Through the rails, she pointed at a bale of hay sitting near the fence.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene