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
The NFL’s fail-safe against the worst excesses of institutional money is ego.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 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
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
