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

When the first seismic waves reached the power plant at Fukushima Daiichi, fail-safe systems shut down the reactors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland