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 on the Web
As an agency within the Department of Homeland Security with a focus on the prevention of targeted violence, both the Secret Service and I found ourselves in the center in what was, and continues to be, an attack on our schools.
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Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
Low scores for bacteria in the water and flood prevention, a high score for beach access.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
The authors describe the era’s widespread mistreatment of animals and profile the activists who convinced their fellow citizens that the prevention of animal suffering was a just cause.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
It could only be spent on flood prevention and water quality projects.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
The new Born to be Wild specialty license plate has already generated more than $60,000 toward Colorado wildlife department’s nonlethal-conflict prevention fund for wolves.
—Wendy Keefover, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Harris is taking the lead on gun violence prevention.
—NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Such treatments were commonly known, but by and large, prevention was not a thing.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Jonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week domestic-abuse prevention program on Monday, after being convicted in December of recklessly assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
Low scores for bacteria in the water and flood prevention, a high score for beach access.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
The authors describe the era’s widespread mistreatment of animals and profile the activists who convinced their fellow citizens that the prevention of animal suffering was a just cause.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
It could only be spent on flood prevention and water quality projects.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
The new Born to be Wild specialty license plate has already generated more than $60,000 toward Colorado wildlife department’s nonlethal-conflict prevention fund for wolves.
—Wendy Keefover, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Harris is taking the lead on gun violence prevention.
—NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Such treatments were commonly known, but by and large, prevention was not a thing.
—Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Jonathan Majors was sentenced to a 52-week domestic-abuse prevention program on Monday, after being convicted in December of recklessly assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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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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