as in avoidance
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
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Recent Examples of prevention
This new bill, backed by the LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization Trevor Project as well as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, would modify the Public Health Service Act to reinstate those services and require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain them.
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Orion Rummler, Them., 19 Sep. 2025
Patricia Jewett, an associate professor and health scientist with the University of Minnesota who focuses on firearm injury prevention, said weapons such as AR-15s can produce the greatest number of victims at an individual shooting incident.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning letter to his company, Revive & Rally Health Lounge, for marketing IV bags filled with vitamin C as a coronavirus prevention product.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
The president has cut millions in aid for flood prevention and threatened to withhold LA wildfire aid unless the state adopted voter ID laws.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Orion Rummler, Them., 19 Sep. 2025
Patricia Jewett, an associate professor and health scientist with the University of Minnesota who focuses on firearm injury prevention, said weapons such as AR-15s can produce the greatest number of victims at an individual shooting incident.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning letter to his company, Revive & Rally Health Lounge, for marketing IV bags filled with vitamin C as a coronavirus prevention product.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
The president has cut millions in aid for flood prevention and threatened to withhold LA wildfire aid unless the state adopted voter ID laws.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevention
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The vehicle must also earn a good or acceptable rating in the collision avoidance areas, like pedestrian front-crash prevention technology test for daytime and nighttime driving as well as its headlights on all trim levels.—
Jackie Charniga,
Freep.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Intelligent autofocus, keystone correction and obstacle avoidance make for setup ease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Hatch Act prohibition against federal employees appearing in campaign settings has historically limited the kinds of events that could draw such high-ranking officials in the first place.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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In Las Vegas, Nevada Assembly member Tracy Brown-May worked to get an exception to the state's prohibition on traffic cameras, so that the Bus Patrol's technology could be added to school buses.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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