precaution

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"However, as a precaution and because the safety and wellbeing of our residents is our highest priority, we took the decision to vacate the building at the earliest opportunity," the group said.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Major international businesses—banks and consulting firms among them—evacuated office staff as a precaution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Employees cleared guests from the immediate area Tuesday afternoon as a precaution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“Kalshi doesn’t allow markets directly tied to death. We included every precaution on this market to make sure people could not trade on the outcome of death,” a Kalshi spokesperson told MarketWatch in an email.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

“So they must have taken the precaution of moving some of their avatars outside of Sector Ten. They were probably waiting in a gunship just across the sector border, where it was safe.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline