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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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The remaining amount is allocated across programs for "awareness and prevention," "screening and assessment," "referral, linkage, and coordination," implementation and evaluation.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Young teaches himself to code and envisions an app that will focus on mental health and suicide prevention.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Better forest management and fire prevention can make a difference, however.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

"It certainly has become more of a problem," said Paul Foster, who leads cyber prevention work at the NCA.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

On January 4, I’ll be running in the Disney World Marathon in support of the Diabetes Action Team—a nonprofit organization committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

U.S. taxpayers invested billions of dollars in the effort and were able, until recently, to access treatments and preventions for the virus without paying out-of-pocket for them.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Ms Clarke said she would be writing a preventions of future deaths report, raising the following concerns:

From BBC Oct. 13, 2023

"Epidemic preventions have been lifted...COVID-19 testing sites are mostly being dismantled... So, because right now in Chaoyang district cases are quite high, it is better to stock up on some medicines," he said.

From Reuters Dec. 7, 2022

DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg said at the time that the reason for it was a search syndication agreement with Microsoft, and that more updates on third-party tracker preventions were coming.

From The Verge Aug. 5, 2022

He must use preventions, or inhibitions, as the physiologists term them.

From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Mills, Wesley




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