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What is a safety net?

What is a safety net? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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. (figuratively, by extension) Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune.
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But a demo or live show takes the musician out of the safety net of retakes and production trickery that a recording studio provides.
He valiantly discards this safety net, daring readers to untangle the clues ahead of the police.
As the nation's overburdened and underfunded emergency rooms are pushed to the brink, our medical safety net is starting to unravel.
The federal Liberals have been more responsible for shredding the social safety net than any other government.
I am proud of our social welfare system and the safety net it provides for those who need it.
They don't rebut him by arguing either that cutbacks in the safety net will not happen or even that they're a good thing.

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