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
The administration has said the move to end the rule would open up these forests to more logging and has said that more roads would help with wildfire prevention.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The program’s revenues — which have hovered around $4 billion annually in recent years — go to support public transit, wildfire prevention, and housing, in addition to the high speed rail.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Modern prevention relies on individual action, unlike the sweeping eradication efforts of the 1940s.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Her academic credentials include published research in journals such as Nature Cell Biology and FASEB Journal, with extensive work on aging, nutrition, and disease prevention.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The program’s revenues — which have hovered around $4 billion annually in recent years — go to support public transit, wildfire prevention, and housing, in addition to the high speed rail.
—Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Modern prevention relies on individual action, unlike the sweeping eradication efforts of the 1940s.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Her academic credentials include published research in journals such as Nature Cell Biology and FASEB Journal, with extensive work on aging, nutrition, and disease prevention.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevention
Noun
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When curiosity replaces avoidance, workplace innovation becomes the natural outcome.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Zoox combines the state of the art in perception, prediction, planning, and crash avoidance technology.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even after that prohibition was lifted on Tuesday, and the resignations of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, the unrest escalated.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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During a June meeting, the board of trustees unanimously agreed to revise the policy and remove the prohibition on overnight protesting and other expressive activities.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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