How to Use prevention in a Sentence
prevention
noun- Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
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The best prevention is to park in a garage and make sure the garage is squirrel-tight.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
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Still, an ounce of prevention, as the saying goes, beats a trip to the emergency room.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
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The man, 22, of South Euclid, fled the store before loss prevention could detain him.
—cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
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On many of the stops, Wu, on guitar, and his wife, on keys, play their own renditions of pop songs with new lyrics about myopia prevention.
—Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
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Their in-depth guidance on suicide prevention can be found here.
—Christopher Dawson, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
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Our Select team spoke to experts about how ingrown hairs happen, how to get rid of them and the best products for prevention.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
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Michael Steinbach is head of financial crimes and fraud prevention at Citi.
—Michael Steinbach, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
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Some of the rare grant-giving initiatives that focus on prevention don’t last long either.
—Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 23 May 2023
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Moore went inside the store where loss prevention personnel watched her and an unknown man shoplift items for about an hour, according to the report.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 June 2023
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Talk to your veterinarian about the best tick prevention products for your pet.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
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Fowler said the cards will also have the kinds of fraud prevention features found with any debit cards, including the ability to freeze and replace them if cards are lost or stolen.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
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How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD.
—Michael Greger, Fortune Well, 5 Dec. 2023
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For pets, talk to your veterinarian for the best tick prevention products.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
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Chafing prevention products were on the market, but mostly for cyclists and not aimed at women.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
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The only effective way to combat NEC is through prevention.
—Jennifer Canvasser, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
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Some knee braces may even assist in injury prevention, which is why our experts narrowed down the best ones available online.
—Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
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Read on to learn about vasovagal syncope, treatments, prevention, and more.
—Madeleine Burry, Health, 3 Apr. 2024
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How will Charlotte pay for crime prevention strategies?
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2024
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The money is to be spent on treatment and prevention of opioid addiction and overdoses.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
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The cancer moon shot includes university research projects and grants, with a long-term goal of improving the prevention and treatment of the disease.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 July 2024
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For this reason—the prevention of bloody mayhem—the founders reluctantly bound themselves into one Union.
—Time, 3 July 2023
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More work on this in coming years should yield more specific and effective prevention tools, experts say.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
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Irrespective of their type, the benefits—in terms of prevention of disease, illness, and death—greatly outweigh the risks.
—Pat Bass, Md, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024
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The Uvalde Foundation said that book focuses more on response than prevention.
—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 4 June 2023
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Though the growth factor still requires a touch more research (though what’s out there proves promising for both hair growth and the potential prevention of hair loss) fans of rice water can expect smoother, shinier lengths.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2023
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The money would be used for opioid addiction prevention and treatment.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2023
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More focus needs to be put on fire prevention, some experts say, which could explain what went wrong in Maui’s recent forest fires, one of the worst disasters in Hawaii’s history.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
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Cattrall paid tribute to her brother last year by posting a throwback photo of the two of them and advocating for suicide prevention.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
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While still under construction, the suicide prevention net on the Golden Gate Bridge showed significant results in 2023 and is expected to continue to reduce deaths this year, officials said.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
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