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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Officials argue the loss of FEMA funding could stymie long-term slide prevention efforts that were in the works for years before land movement drastically accelerated last year.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Experts attribute the decrease to a combination of factors, including the wider availability of the opioid antidote naloxone, along with $50 billion in funding for drug-treatment and youth prevention efforts from the national opioid settlements.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The agency also recommends the dengue vaccine as an additional prevention measure.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
But Democrats argued that some of that consolidation will ultimately impact the work that the federal government is doing to reduce overdose deaths, study causes of cancer or offer suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ teens.
—Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Experts attribute the decrease to a combination of factors, including the wider availability of the opioid antidote naloxone, along with $50 billion in funding for drug-treatment and youth prevention efforts from the national opioid settlements.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
The agency also recommends the dengue vaccine as an additional prevention measure.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
But Democrats argued that some of that consolidation will ultimately impact the work that the federal government is doing to reduce overdose deaths, study causes of cancer or offer suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ teens.
—Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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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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