safety valve

Example Sentences

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And bonds aren’t serving as much of a safety valve, falling in price amid jitters about a rise in inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 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

Elon Musk thinks humankind’s only safety valve is to move multitudes to Mars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

The Framers envisioned executive clemency as a safety valve to correct overly harsh and inequitable sentences.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

When pressure in the reactor gets too high, a safety valve opens and allows steam to escape into the torus, where it condenses back into water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland