Thesaurus results for PRECAUTION

precaution

noun

pri-ˈkȯ-shən

Definition of 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 Using the property for ICE offices was little different from using it as a seed laboratory, and therefore shouldn’t require additional environmental studies or precautions, Perez said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Mosquera was taken off as a precaution in Arsenal’s 1-0 win away to Aston Villa on August 31, and missed the win against Chelsea. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 While occupations like mining and construction remain risky today, extensive safety precautions have become routine. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Fire officials had not lifted that precaution as of Monday afternoon. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for precaution

Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution

Noun

The approach does not have the same oversight, services or safeguards in place as the traditional foster care system, which also steers kids to live with family members.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
The incident, along with subsequent episodes disclosed by Anthropic and Meta, sparked an industry-wide push to slow development of frontier AI models to improve safeguards keeping autonomous agents under human control.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of safeguard

Noun

In addition to making anti-vaccine comments, Kennedy also downplayed pediatric deaths related to measles and touted false cures and preventives, such as the use of vitamin A.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 June 2026
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

Definition of preventive

Noun

Married minors may also face legal barriers to hiring an attorney, filing for divorce or obtaining protection from abuse.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
The offensive line blocked well in pass protection but struggled to get up to the linebackers in the running game, Drinkwitz said.

— PJ Green September 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of protection

Noun

Holmoe, too, reiterates that there is necessary skepticism and caution.

— Mirin Fader, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Some researchers have suggested that artificial intelligence may eventually offer reliable tools for detecting deception but caution that the technology is nowhere near operational readiness.

— Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026