- present participle of safeguard.
safeguarding
Example Sentences
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Nieuwenhuijsen reached out to Kars, who connected her with the middle-aged Dutch couple who had been safeguarding a sheaf of old Sablonière family letters in bundles of plastic bags—and were Nieuwenhuijsen’s own long-lost cousins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
That extends well beyond the information available to patients through the NHS app and may include safeguarding concerns, risk assessments, correspondence between healthcare professionals and detailed consultation notes.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Measures that reduced disturbances generated the largest benefits for forest biodiversity and were nearly as important as preventing outright deforestation when it came to safeguarding carbon stocks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Neither she nor Reform has given details on what the safeguarding issue was.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Knowing she was safeguarding his big weakness made him feel better—like he’d fastened his seat belt for a high-speed chase.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
