preventable

adjective

variants also preventible
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Recent Examples of preventable Officials say no human contact with the bat is known but urge anyone touched by a bat near Curry Village around May 18 to seek immediate medical advice, noting rabies is fatal yet preventable. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Nevertheless, crashes that cause injury and death are preventable, said Laura Sandt, co-director of the Highway Safety Research Center at the University of North Carolina. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Delays in detection, reluctance to report cases and inadequate community engagement are contributing to preventable deaths. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Silly, preventable mistakes Lax configuration of routing security in Softaculous’ hosting provider, Hetzner Online, was the major contributor to the hack. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 Influenza is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable respiratory illness. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026 Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable types, yet a growing number of American women have never been screened. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 The toll remains particularly severe in the South Bronx, Harlem, and Central Brooklyn, and Black and Latino New Yorkers and residents of low-income neighborhoods continue to bear a disproportionate share of these preventable deaths. — Joel Teron, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 Effective communication demands precision, transparency, and a focus on preventable interventions like vaccination, which offers 97% protection. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
  1. avoidable
  2. unclear
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  • Anticipation Is Your Risk Reduction Strategy When organizations respond to workforce needs after problems surface, the cost shows up in things like higher healthcare spend, lower program utilization, manager strain and avoidable turnover.
    — Marcy Klipfel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Deploy virtual physician carts and portable telemedicine systems in participating rural hospitals to expand specialty consultation, care coordination, and local clinical decision-making while reducing avoidable transfers.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of avoidable
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  • While fire investigators took photographs of the scene and collected evidence, the extent of the fire or damage is unclear.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
  • For example, an enterprise may deploy an AI customer-service agent that achieves high technical accuracy, yet still fail because customers must repeat information, escalation paths are unclear and employees frequently override recommendations.
    — Ashwin Gaidhani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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