deterrent
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“It’s a deterrent to try and protect public access.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
"The best-case scenario is we put this in every single school in America and then never have to use it, right? Because it's got a deterrent quality to it," said King, a former Navy SEAL.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
"We hope this case will be a deterrent for many other people who wish to continue operating in this illegal trade," he tells the BBC.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The challenges, however, were not a deterrent for his vision of expanding the liberty cities model.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Any parent who has ever said to a recalcitrant child, “Okay, I’m going to count to ten and this time I’m really going to punish you,” knows the difference between deterrent and empty threat.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing deterrent
The Book Thief
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