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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of safe-guard.

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Examples

  • This must include safe-guards to protect against false debt conversion, and the issue date to be determined by a certain ex. date, three or six months prior to activation to prevent cram downs and phony debt.

    Stimulate Me 2009

  • What kind of safe-guards will there be to assure we are paid back. may I suggest that until we the people are paid back three fourths of the best oil wells and natural gas on state and federal land will be Nationalized immediately.

    Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/18/08 2008

  • But as a parent I know that I wouldn't take my kid to a place like that if there weren't some kind of similar safe-guards.

    Anti-Social Contracts 2007

  • We have really shoddy electioneering safe-guards over here.

    No stink with ink Steve Sailer 2005

  • Blake is not as safe as that, or an immersive experience would be impossible, but he does provide safe-guards, especially when he creates separate windows for text and image, such as in Plate

    Blake's Contraries Game 2005

  • We have really shoddy electioneering safe-guards over here.

    Archive 2005-01-30 Steve Sailer 2005

  • You know the marechaussee are a body of troopers well mounted, maintained in France as safe-guards to the public roads.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • One of the best safe-guards for democracy is to have an open Parliamentary opposition.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • One of the best safe-guards for democracy was to have an open Parliamentary opposition, Mr Mandela said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • I'll figure out what animals you'd have to contend with in an area and we can set up some safe-guards around say, one larger, suitably situated secondary camp and your field teams would be relatively safe ...

    Dinosaur Planet McCaffrey, Anne 1978

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