Examples of prevention in a Sentence
Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
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In March, more than two-thirds of voters agreed to raise the city’s sales tax by .5% to fund wildfire prevention measures.
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Kaiser Permanente, a health care system created in the aftermath of the Great Depression in Oakland, Calif., has long championed a different model: prioritizing prevention to reduce disease and health care costs, and relying on practices backed by strong data.
—Greg Adams, TIME, 2 May 2024
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Kaiser Permanente, a health care system created in the aftermath of the Great Depression in Oakland, Calif., has long championed a different model: prioritizing prevention to reduce disease and health care costs, and relying on practices backed by strong data.
—Greg Adams, TIME, 2 May 2024
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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prevention
noun
pre·ven·tion
pri-ˈven-chən 
: the act or practice of preventing something
the prevention of fires
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