- 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
Conway had been suspended from ministry in February when a "safeguarding complaint" was made.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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
Her report criticises a "complete failure to protect babies" and a "profound failure of management, governance and safeguarding" at the hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Who is safeguarding the consumer to see that no residues of dieldrin or heptachlor are appearing in milk?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
