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Recent Examples of preventable
Like the Chinese government and most of its people, the movie evades mentions of the mass casualties after the pandemic restrictions were removed, therefore foregoing an opportunity to reflect on whether the deaths were preventable and what lessons might be learned.
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
The dietary recommendations were based on data about risks of preventable diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, not environmental criteria.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
By the year 2000, tobacco had replaced it as the leading preventable cause of death.
—Dr. Tom Frieden, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Lead poisoning has caused generations of preventable harm worldwide.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Everyone will be frustrated by how preventable those goals were, but Bournemouth can be added to the list of visitors unable to cut Leeds to ribbons from open play on their own patch.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Each of the recent crashes was clearly preventable.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
In late August, the World Health Organization cited a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis that found more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Other vaccine-preventable diseases were on the rise in Arizona and elsewhere, too, among them whooping cough, also known as pertussis.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
The dietary recommendations were based on data about risks of preventable diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, not environmental criteria.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
By the year 2000, tobacco had replaced it as the leading preventable cause of death.
—Dr. Tom Frieden, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Lead poisoning has caused generations of preventable harm worldwide.
—Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Everyone will be frustrated by how preventable those goals were, but Bournemouth can be added to the list of visitors unable to cut Leeds to ribbons from open play on their own patch.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Each of the recent crashes was clearly preventable.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
In late August, the World Health Organization cited a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis that found more than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Other vaccine-preventable diseases were on the rise in Arizona and elsewhere, too, among them whooping cough, also known as pertussis.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
Adjective
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To that, the July verdicts by the jury of eight men and four women was a clear and humiliating loss for the prosecution led by (now fired and suing) Maurene Comey in an easy avoidable act of overreach.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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These are avoidable penalties that cannot be condoned.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The cause of the fire remains unclear.—
Charles Ventura,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, despite their predicament, these operators remain hopeful that circumstances will change soon enough, even if now the path is unclear.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Preventable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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