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Examples of prevention in a Sentence
Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
Recent Examples of prevention from the Web
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The website ccso.us has crime statistics and information on crime prevention programs.
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There is one strong consensus league-wide: Analytics data related to injury prevention, which straddles sports science and comes through player tracking, is useful and will only get better.
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The NCAA settled a class-action concussion lawsuit last year, agreeing to spend $75 million on medical monitoring of college athletes and prevention research.
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Police were dispatched to the store at 7:44 p.m., and, upon arrival, a Kmart prevention officer signed a complaint, attempting to get the suspect, later identified as Miller, to the store, police said.
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No, the discussions will not focus on sexual assault prevention or awareness efforts; instead, Cosby will offer advice—particularly to married men and athletes—on how to avoid being accused of this type of sexual misconduct.
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Advances in HIV and AIDS prevention include new treatments that can prevent the transmission of the disease.
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Arnold E. Tarling, a chartered surveyor and expert on fire prevention who is a member of the Association for Specialist Fire Protection, said in an interview.
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Abbott marketed the drug, approved for epilepsy, bipolar mania and migraine prevention, for unapproved uses such as dementia, federal prosecutors said.
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First Known Use of prevention
15th century
PREVENTION Defined for English Language Learners
prevention
playDefinition of prevention for English Language Learners
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: the act or practice of stopping something bad from happening : the act of preventing something
PREVENTION Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of prevention for Students
: the act or practice of keeping something from happening the prevention of fires
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