safe harbor
Use Safe harbor in a sentencesafe harbor
noun
1.
a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
2.
any place or situation that offers refuge or protection.
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| safe harbor | |
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| the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive; "the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor" |
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Safe harbor
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
As regards space it's not a safe harbor, and it will probably not be needed as such.
It is also used as a safe harbor for consuming prey and breeding.
For besides providing safe harbor for the development of life, vents offer a natural temperature gradient.
They drop anchor in the safe harbor of the status quo and are not easily loosed.
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