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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According to the mayor’s office, the city has deployed a mix of outreach teams, violence-prevention specialists and street medicine providers in the area as part of a broader effort to stabilize the MacArthur Park corridor.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
The initiative also includes measures in the upcoming 2027 county operating budget, like doubling funding for eviction prevention from $150,000 to $300,000.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
The department also has additional layers of fraud prevention in place.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
In effect, the system nudges seniors toward dependency rather than prevention.
—Saul Anuzis, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
The initiative also includes measures in the upcoming 2027 county operating budget, like doubling funding for eviction prevention from $150,000 to $300,000.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
The department also has additional layers of fraud prevention in place.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
In effect, the system nudges seniors toward dependency rather than prevention.
—Saul Anuzis, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 9 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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