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
In 2019, Baldwin, along with Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jack Reed (D-RI), introduced the legislation to designate a three-digit phone number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
The Trump administration is ending specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 18 June 2025
By supporting the work of leading researchers within the Department of Neurology and the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, the donation aims to contribute to breakthrough discoveries that could improve diagnosis, treatment, and potentially prevention of these conditions.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2025
The funds were then guided by an investment plan adopted by the city last September to support youth and youth violence prevention programming to nonprofits and public entities.
—Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
The Trump administration is ending specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 18 June 2025
By supporting the work of leading researchers within the Department of Neurology and the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, the donation aims to contribute to breakthrough discoveries that could improve diagnosis, treatment, and potentially prevention of these conditions.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2025
The funds were then guided by an investment plan adopted by the city last September to support youth and youth violence prevention programming to nonprofits and public entities.
—Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevention
Noun
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Organizational Consequences Of Dysregulation When leaders consistently model unregulated behavior—whether through avoidance, defensiveness or outbursts—the effects permeate the organization.—
Andriana Eliadis,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The rest are basically asking teams not to be too terrible in categories like clutch hitting, home run avoidance on the mound, contact hitting and speed.—
Neil Paine,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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The plaintiffs separately argued that the regulation includes a prohibition not expressly contemplated in section 1313(v) — that is, the general prohibition of a substitution drawback for excise taxes paid on imports where the substituted exports were exempt from excise tax.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The prohibition excludes drones operated by DHS, police, firefighters and commercial operators who obtain an airspace waiver.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 June 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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