precaution

as in safeguard
a measure taken to preclude loss or injury as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers

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Recent Examples of precaution However, all mariners in the region were urged to take immediate precautions. Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 However, a survey found many Americans who do consume freshwater fish are not taking these precautions. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 The child was not injured, authorities said, and though medics were requested as a precaution, the child's parents declined further medical attention. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 June 2025 Travelers are advised to exercise normal precautions when traveling in the country. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for precaution
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Noun
  • These are signs that AI is becoming an emotional and social tool for vulnerable children without corresponding safeguards or oversight.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Although 27 states have adopted legislation that bans discrimination based on natural textures and protective styles like braids, locs, and twists, there’s still no federal safeguard.
    Sophie Meharenna, Allure, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Padlocks, sickles and other objects made of iron, a metal said to possess anti-demonic powers, were stashed in the grave as preventives.
    Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But although human vaccines function primarily as preventives, offering immunity to animals such as black-footed ferrets can be a conservation strategy of last resort.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2023
Noun
  • Evolving Threats The rise of generative AI complicates these protections further.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • Remember, a tent offers no protection from lighting.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The club is exercising extreme caution with the 24-year-old Mauricio.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
  • Out of an abundance of caution, Hormel Foods is voluntarily recalling 17,080 cases of a single code date of 20 oz.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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