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
Organizers of a parade in the nearby city of Waukegan have postponed their event due to safety concerns, while a Saturday parade in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood will have volunteers stationed along the route with whistles and radios as a precaution.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The 24th annual parade, which about 3,000 spectators are expected to attend, has a few extra precautions in place, Lugo said.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Both mother and child were taken to a Reno hospital, where the infant was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit as a precaution—an incident organizers described as one of the festival's most unusual events.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
That includes precautions that the Federal Trade Commission, legal aid organizations, and others recommend for younger victims of coercive control, such as checking their phone’s settings to see what information applications are sharing about them—and with whom.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
The 24th annual parade, which about 3,000 spectators are expected to attend, has a few extra precautions in place, Lugo said.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Both mother and child were taken to a Reno hospital, where the infant was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit as a precaution—an incident organizers described as one of the festival's most unusual events.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
That includes precautions that the Federal Trade Commission, legal aid organizations, and others recommend for younger victims of coercive control, such as checking their phone’s settings to see what information applications are sharing about them—and with whom.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution
Noun
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This approach reshapes how the model interprets risky content at its foundation, ensuring safeguards remain intact even when efficiency demands that layers be removed.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Red lights safeguard boundaries, ensuring no partner feels overridden.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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The move would mark an important milestone for Nvidia -backed Cohesity, which shelved IPO plans in 2021 to first execute a complex merger with its rival Veritas’ data protection unit, according to Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Public Investigator looks into the legal protections and qualifications for emotional support animals in Wisconsin.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Because our mulch is rubber, this seemed unusual, and out of caution, the guardian was called immediately.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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