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
Sharp knives are the main cause of Halloween hand injuries, so keeping them out of children’s hands is the best prevention.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Below, experts shared some of the most impactful prevention methods.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
When combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning, these tools created in NASA labs will strengthen wildfire prevention and firefighting efforts, Cwik predicts.
—Michele Raphael, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Natalie Eilbert covers mental health across Wisconsin with a focus on treatment access, disability rights, stigma reduction and suicide prevention.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Below, experts shared some of the most impactful prevention methods.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
When combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning, these tools created in NASA labs will strengthen wildfire prevention and firefighting efforts, Cwik predicts.
—Michele Raphael, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Natalie Eilbert covers mental health across Wisconsin with a focus on treatment access, disability rights, stigma reduction and suicide prevention.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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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 8 Nov. 2025.
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