deterrent

Judge Petts said Kershaw needed to be jailed as a "deterrent" to other cashiers so as to "prevent others from doing the same".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Maybe threatening to attack is enough of a deterrent, and maybe military escorts are effective, Mills said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

He writes that the rule will have an “obvious deterrent effect on student enrollment,” and notes that dozens of international students have already withdrawn from their programs.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

And complicating matters, was it possible my cat could be seen as, if not an outright red flag, a deterrent?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Like the majority of American law-enforcement officials, Dewey is certain that capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and he felt that if ever the penalty had been earned, the present instance was it.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Some have proposed reimbursing fishers or using acoustic deterrents instead of mass slaughter.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

He suggested the low prosecution rate "encourages polluting by not having successful deterrents".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Half of the money for wolf conflicts would go toward deterrents; the remainder would compensate ranchers for their losses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

In recent years, consumers in the eurozone have faced multiple deterrents to loosening their purse strings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis