as in avoidance
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
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Recent Examples of prevention
Our clean energy and wildfire prevention efforts are saving billions—both in disaster costs and everyday bills.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
So, while some short-term effects may not last, disease prevention remains important even after some of these effects fade.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
Instead of relying on harmful chemical sprays, IPM emphasizes prevention, monitoring, and issue intervention.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Still, as school shootings continue apace, many districts don’t have the option to focus only on gun violence prevention.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prevention
MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
So, while some short-term effects may not last, disease prevention remains important even after some of these effects fade.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
Instead of relying on harmful chemical sprays, IPM emphasizes prevention, monitoring, and issue intervention.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Still, as school shootings continue apace, many districts don’t have the option to focus only on gun violence prevention.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prevention
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevention
Noun
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Even if existing obstacle avoidance systems work effectively, research is being conducted to increase flight speeds above two meters per second, allowing real-world operations to respond more quickly, according to TRR.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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How to Model Healthy Disagreement While avoidance of conflict may seem to make the family dynamic feel less tense in the short term, this strategy doesn’t model how to have healthy disagreements.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
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Like with the ozone hole, this worry must be catalyzed into civic engagement, building a global movement that works with governments to make a prohibition on superintelligence a reality.—
Andrea Miotti,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The prohibition means losing revenue at a time when the agency is grappling with financial constraints.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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