safety valve
Example Sentences
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In addition, they note that now, parents will still have access to the debt, but thanks to the changes to repayment, they won’t have much of a safety valve if it becomes unmanageable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The notwithstanding clause was brought in as a safety valve.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
It is an essential safety valve that remains "effective only if the conflict doesn't last too long", cautioned Perrin.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Banks have more regularly tapped a Fed lending facility designed as a safety valve that lets them exchange securities for reserves, offering another sign of reserves becoming less ample.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
There is one valve closed by a weight, although it is not in this case a safety valve; however, Papin describes the operation of such a valve.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
