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
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One of them is the creation of a centralized Office of the Inspector General to lead fraud prevention efforts.
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Steve Karnowski The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
Assembly Bill 715 and Senate Bill 48 were signed into law last year, establishing an antisemitism prevention coordinator and a state Office for Civil Rights to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimination in K-12 schools.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
His life’s work reflects what prevention looks like in practice, not in theory.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The South Korean government also reserves the right to request revisions to maps, and Google must set up a security incident prevention framework to respond to emergency issues.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
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Steve Karnowski The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
Assembly Bill 715 and Senate Bill 48 were signed into law last year, establishing an antisemitism prevention coordinator and a state Office for Civil Rights to combat antisemitism and other forms of discrimination in K-12 schools.
—Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
His life’s work reflects what prevention looks like in practice, not in theory.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The South Korean government also reserves the right to request revisions to maps, and Google must set up a security incident prevention framework to respond to emergency issues.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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prevention
noun
pre·ven·tion
pri-ˈven-chən 
: the act or practice of preventing something
the prevention of fires
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