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Recent Examples of preventable
Their opinion piece sheds important light on a preventable tragedy that continues to impact families and communities, particularly when children lack opportunities to learn critical water safety skills.
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Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
From constipation and traveler’s diarrhea to bloating and indigestion, these issues are common, usually temporary and largely preventable with a little planning.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
All this while presiding over the largest outbreak of measles in the US in more than two decades, which by June 2025 had killed three people in a wholly vaccine-preventable tragedy.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking.
—Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026
When medication becomes a financial burden, adherence drops, and preventable complications rise.
—Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Oral disease is linked to diabetes, cardiovascular illness, pregnancy complications, school absenteeism, lost wages, and preventable suffering.
—Jean Paul Laurent, Time, 11 June 2026
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily and most severely afflicts children.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Because this disease is highly treatable and preventable when caught early, the new guidelines firmly insist that adults at normal risk start routine testing right on time at age 45.
—Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
From constipation and traveler’s diarrhea to bloating and indigestion, these issues are common, usually temporary and largely preventable with a little planning.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
All this while presiding over the largest outbreak of measles in the US in more than two decades, which by June 2025 had killed three people in a wholly vaccine-preventable tragedy.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking.
—Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026
When medication becomes a financial burden, adherence drops, and preventable complications rise.
—Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Oral disease is linked to diabetes, cardiovascular illness, pregnancy complications, school absenteeism, lost wages, and preventable suffering.
—Jean Paul Laurent, Time, 11 June 2026
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily and most severely afflicts children.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Because this disease is highly treatable and preventable when caught early, the new guidelines firmly insist that adults at normal risk start routine testing right on time at age 45.
—Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
Adjective
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Test Your Equipment Before the Interview Starts A surprisingly high number of interviews get ruined by avoidable technical mistakes.—
King Holder,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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Toward the end of her life, Goodman became obsessed with the idea that death was avoidable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Since the study is observational, whether the gut microbiome findings were causing bowel issues or whether abnormal bowel function changed the gut microbiome is unclear, Preidis said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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For most of these crashes, the database is also unclear on whether the drivers violated traffic laws.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
8 June 2026
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“Preventable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventable. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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