as in averted
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better
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Recent Examples of prevented
Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Humanitarian agencies have been prevented by the belligerents from providing aid, while conflicts elsewhere have sapped the West’s attention.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Kosovo's president in July said Trump prevented further escalation, but the Serbian president denied that escalation was imminent, according to Reuters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
More Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images The main impediment that prevented Herta from racing in F1 is the lack of sufficient superlicense points.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Newsmax claimed that such restrictions have prevented it from being carried on Fubo’s sports and entertainment package, as well as on Sling TV’s two base plans, while delaying placement on other platforms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
In purchasing the estate, Woodmere prevented commercial development of the site.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The school had drilled children regularly on lockdowns at the school and kept doors secured during the day – measures that officials believe prevented the carnage from escalating further.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The study, which was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that taking a daily vitamin D pill prevented telomeres from shortening, a hallmark of aging.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This type of rash or breakout can be prevented by avoiding perfumes, colognes, citrus oils and other common triggers before going outside in the sun.
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Humanitarian agencies have been prevented by the belligerents from providing aid, while conflicts elsewhere have sapped the West’s attention.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Kosovo's president in July said Trump prevented further escalation, but the Serbian president denied that escalation was imminent, according to Reuters.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
More Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images The main impediment that prevented Herta from racing in F1 is the lack of sufficient superlicense points.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Newsmax claimed that such restrictions have prevented it from being carried on Fubo’s sports and entertainment package, as well as on Sling TV’s two base plans, while delaying placement on other platforms.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
In purchasing the estate, Woodmere prevented commercial development of the site.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The school had drilled children regularly on lockdowns at the school and kept doors secured during the day – measures that officials believe prevented the carnage from escalating further.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The study, which was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that taking a daily vitamin D pill prevented telomeres from shortening, a hallmark of aging.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevented
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Advertisement The tough talk coming from Democrats now is not all that different from what some of them were saying in March, just before Schumer and other Senate Democrats gave in and averted a shutdown.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Since 1974, vaccination campaigns have averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years old, of whom 101 million were infants younger than a year old.—
Bernadette Boden Albala,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As scholars in the field, the expertise of the authors generally precluded the need for fact-checking, so inaccuracies inevitably occurred.—
Joelle Renstrom
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Monitoring for the six pathogens is no longer required for the 10 states that participate in the program, though those states aren’t precluded from conducting surveillance on their own.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Prevented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevented. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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