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precautionary

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as in preventive
concerned with or serving to keep something from happening prior to the game, we moved the furniture out of the way as a precautionary measure

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“Precautionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precautionary. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022.

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