What does safety net mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. safety netnoun

    a guarantee of professional or financial security

  2. safety netnoun

    a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze

Wiktionary

  1. safety netnoun

    A large net placed horizontally beneath performing aerialists such as trapeze artists or tightrope walkers, intended to catch a performer who falls and to protect him or her from harm.

  2. safety netnoun

    Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune.

Wikipedia

  1. Safety Net

    "Safety Net" is a song by Shop Assistants which was recorded in 1985 and released as a single in 1986.

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  1. safety net

    A safety net refers to measures or systems put in place by an organization, institution, or government to protect individuals from financial, medical, or other types of potential harm or distress. This could include financial assistance programs, healthcare services, unemployment benefits, etc. In a broader sense, it could also refer to any backup mechanism or plan designed to safeguard against failure or disaster.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of safety net in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of safety net in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of safety net in a Sentence

  1. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick:

    The election came after economic stimulus checks and after Covid arrived, and people realized that check, which went toward housing, food, electricity, bare necessities, that it actually gave them a break, more people are believing in that safety net while we're in the midst of economic instability.

  2. Ritchie Torres:

    A permanent child tax credit would be to families with children what social security has long been to senior citizens: a critical safety net that affords the most vulnerable among us a fighting chance at a decent and dignified life.

  3. Matthew Davis:

    This impact was n’t limited to urban areas or population centers, or safety net hospitals.

  4. Mark Brnovich:

    The Public Charge Rule is a commonsense policy based on a real inconvenient truth. Overrunning our welfare programs right now would be like pulling back the last safety net for Americans who need it most.

  5. Tim Egan:

    These FEMA dollars should be earmarked for safety-net hospitals that are really underwater, we may be in the same storm, but we are not in the same boat. While they’re pulling their multimillion-dollar yacht up to the dock, our boat is leaking.


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