as in to prevent
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
you can often forestall skidding on the ice simply by driving more slowly
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as in prevention
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
by raising the necessary funds, the historical society was able to effect a last-minute forestallment of the demolition of the town's oldest house
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Recent Examples of forestall
Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Sure enough, Weaver and company show up on cue, guns blazing, to forestall what is certain to be one heck of a DOGE budget cut.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Jokes are safer, forestalling opinion—and thereby contention—by forgoing one.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Choosing to take fewer students forestalls or even ends the careers of future scientists.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Yet even with these challenges, Ukraine has more than proved its ability to forestall major Russian advances, in part through its embrace and refinement of new warfighting methods.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Sure enough, Weaver and company show up on cue, guns blazing, to forestall what is certain to be one heck of a DOGE budget cut.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Jokes are safer, forestalling opinion—and thereby contention—by forgoing one.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Choosing to take fewer students forestalls or even ends the careers of future scientists.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forestall
Verb
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Health economists have also shared concerns about long-term affordability, even if these drugs prevent diabetes or heart disease.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Crowley and members of her executive staff blamed City Hall budget cuts for their inability to prevent or limit the scope of the destruction.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trans women also receive official recognition from the government and health organizations, which view them as a target group for HIV prevention and treatment.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Apr. 2025
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Cameron Kasky is a Parkland survivor and, as a result, a founding member of Never Again MSD, a gun-violence prevention group, as well as an organizer of the March 2018 March for Our Lives student protests calling for gun law reforms.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Though a breakup was averted, the Microsoft case established a legal precedent for how the U.S. government could pursue monopolistic tech companies, Weinstein said.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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If Trump brings his tariffs down enough, investors believe a recession could be averted.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Forestall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forestall. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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