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Recent Examples of prevention However, experts in the CDC’s lead program have not been rehired, according to Dr. Eric Svendsen, who was director of the CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, which included the lead poisoning prevention program. Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 Viewed through this lens, prevention is essential and must remain central to drug policy efforts. Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Last year was the first time in 50 years that Congress had expanded plans for child hunger prevention. James Watson, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025 One of the most important steps in termite prevention is knowing how to spot them. Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for prevention
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Noun
  • Passive resonance avoidance: Because the stiffness can be switched without changing the equilibrium state, countersnapping can be used to automatically change the natural vibration frequency of a system.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
  • While a low-maintenance partner values independence and space without feeling disconnected, emotional avoidance can create a sense of detachment and distance, even during key moments.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The broad prohibition also seems to work against Trump’s stated goal of bringing more jobs to America.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Some suffragists argued that immigrants opposed suffrage for women and prohibition, and therefore immigrant voting posed a threat to their agenda.
    Time, Time, 19 May 2025

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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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