- present participle of prevent.
preventing
Example Sentences
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Your friend may — or may not — get lucky with preventing Medicaid’s estate-recovery program.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
And last week, New Jersey sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant illegally used its dominance over its package-delivery network to suppress wages and working conditions for thousands of delivery drivers while preventing them from organizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Angela Rayner said the government was still looking at all options around the prisons crisis and preventing the early release of PC Harper's killers.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The foil, similar to that used by NASA, trapped the heat inside the structure while preventing the camouflaged outside surface from overheating.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
