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Recent Examples of preventable
Evil is aided and abetted by those who stand back and do nothing, who swallow the lies and turn away from images of death and destruction that are wholly preventable.
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Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Lauren's history with the criminal justice system has been scrutinized in the days since Zettel's killing, with friends and others calling her death preventable.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
What makes these numbers all the more tragic is that the vast majority of road deaths are entirely preventable.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Health experts often estimate heart disease is at least 80% preventable, Watson says.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Between now and 2030, an additional 60 million young children are expected to die from preventable causes.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
About half of the world’s disease burden is preventable, according to the new research, attributable to dozens of modifiable risk factors.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Those living unsheltered suffer preventable harms such as frostbite and heatstroke in Colorado’s climate of extremes.
—Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
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.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Lauren's history with the criminal justice system has been scrutinized in the days since Zettel's killing, with friends and others calling her death preventable.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
What makes these numbers all the more tragic is that the vast majority of road deaths are entirely preventable.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Health experts often estimate heart disease is at least 80% preventable, Watson says.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Between now and 2030, an additional 60 million young children are expected to die from preventable causes.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
About half of the world’s disease burden is preventable, according to the new research, attributable to dozens of modifiable risk factors.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Those living unsheltered suffer preventable harms such as frostbite and heatstroke in Colorado’s climate of extremes.
—Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
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.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
Adjective
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Good care prevents avoidable complications that are costly later.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Based on reporting by Mandy Matney, the series unravels the painful and avoidable events that led Alex to murder his wife, Maggie (Patricia Arquette), and youngest son, Paul (Johnny Berchtold, in a heart-wrenching turn).—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The future of Rutgers and TurnkeyZRG’s working relationship remains unclear, but the master services agreement remains in effect.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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There’s so much armor in being unclear.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Preventable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventable. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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